EDITING AND STYLE

The table below presents the topics we will cover this semester and their corresponding explanations and exercises. Please go to the individual writing project syllawebs for the exact dates you are responsible for this work.

Topic	Prentice Hall Reference Guide	On-line Exercises
Writing and Punctuating Complete Sentence	Sentences 158-163 Sentence Fragments 59-64 Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences 49-52	Sentence Fragements Comma Splices
Using Quotations	Quotation Marks 197-202
Citation formats	MLA Documentation Style 374-382
Commas	Commas 165-181 Essential and Nonessential Clauses and Phrases 171-173	Essential and Nonessential Elements
Semicolons	Semicolons 189-92	Semicolons
Passive and Active Voice	Active and Passive Voice 74-75, 111	Active and Passive Voice
Pronouns and Agreement	Pronoun Reference 127-132 Sexist Language 247-250 Subject-Verb Agreement 52-59	Subject Verb Agreement
Transition	Transitions 87-93
Concision	Unnecessary Words 250-253	Concise Writing

On-line Grammar and Style Resources

The Skidmore Guide To Writing

Guide to Grammar and Usage from Capital Community College

Punctuation Made Simple

Paradigm: On-line Writing Assistant from Boise State University.

Purdue University's On-line Writing Lab.

The Writer's Web, the University of Richmond's on-line reference center about grammar, style, and rhetoric.