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Editing Check List o Capitalization rules o Beginning of sentence o Titles (and should be underlined), “short stories” o Proper Nouns o Check homophones (there, their, they’re, to, too, which, witch, weather, whether, through, threw, were, where, *are/our, etc.) o Watch apostrophes: they show possession--Mary’s dog, the book’s spine (single possessive), those flowers’ leaves are wilted (plural possessive) or make contractions--(you’re vs. your, it’s vs. its) o Check sentences (do you have a subject (noun/pronoun) AND a predicate (verb), if you’re missing one of those parts it is a fragment) o Commas (in a series: ex. I had to blow dry my hair, brush my teeth, and wash my face before catching the bus. Yes there is a comma before the and in a series) o Verbs (varying word choice in dialogue tags, so not always using SAID) o Verbs (varying action verbs word choice—more sophisticated word choice— try to use the vocabulary words you learned from reading last year. Specific verb examples: blasted, blotted, bolted, crawled, demolished, devoured, glowered, yelped, crept, and a million more) o Paragraphs: Start a new paragraph when… o o o o o Change in time Change in topic or new idea Change in place or setting Change in perspective In short stories and other works of fiction a new paragraph should also be started whenever the speaker changes. o For dramatic effect o Ending punctuation (is always present, clear, and appropriate for the type of sentence and the tone of the sentence) o Sentence variety o o o o o o No fragments (subject/verb in ALL sentences) No run-ons (all compound sentences have a COMMA & FANBOYS) 3 compound 5 complex 2 appositive 1 short phrase