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Editing Diagnostic Test a pre-test covering all areas of grammar and punctuation, which will help students determine the areas in which they need the most skills practice. Eliminating Redundancies     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Verb and Voice Shifts     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter.   ESL contains specialized quizzes for English as a Second Language students about Verb Tenses, Moods, and Voices. Parallelism     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Dangling Modifiers     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Clichés     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter.   ESL contains specialized quizzes for English as a Second Language students about Word Choice. Sentence Fragments     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter.   ESL contains specialized quizzes for English as a Second Language students about Sentence Building Blocks.   ESL contains specialized quizzes for English as a Second Language students about Sentence Structure. Comma Splices     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Run-on Sentences     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter.   ESL contains specialized quizzes for English as a Second Language students about Sentence Building Blocks.   ESL contains specialized quizzes for English as a Second Language students about Sentence Structure. Subject/Verb Agreement     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter.   ESL contains specialized quizzes for English as a Second Language students about Subject/Verb Agreement. Verbs     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter.   ESL contains specialized quizzes for English as a Second Language students about Verb Tenses, Moods, and Voices. Pronouns     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Adjectives and Adverbs     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter.   ESL contains specialized quizzes for English as a Second Language students about Adjectives and Adverbs. Commas     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Semicolons     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Colons     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Apostrophes     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Quotation Marks     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Capitalization     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Numbers     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Italics     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Hyphens     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Spelling     Pretest a short test of randomly selected questions to help students determine their skill level for this chapter.   Posttest a short test of randomly selected questions to assess a student's skill level once he/she has completed the chapter.   Practice exercises a short test of randomly selected questions that give students an opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter.   Interactive exercises a set of 10 exercises that give students an additional opportunity to practice the skills presented in this chapter. These exercises include feedback if a student gets a question incorrect.   Video/animation a video clip or animated short explaining key concepts from the chapter. Correction Symbols a list of the most commonly used correction symbols. Students will find it helpful to refer to this list after their papers have been graded. The list will help them identify the areas in which their professors indicated they need additional work.

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