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Welcome to Brush Up: A Quick Guide to Basic Writing and Math Skills

Instructions
Brush Up is divided into three sections:

I. Diagnostic Exercises
-These evaluations will help you determine the topics you need to work on.

II. Topics and Exercises
-Topics: Instructional material covers grammar, punctuation, spelling, style and math.
-Exercises: Each instructional topic is followed by an exercise. Seven tests are also included.

III. Review Exercises
-Review exercises provide realistic news writing work to test your skills.

Directions for use:
To begin using the Brush Up program, select the section you wish to explore from the Brush Up Table of Contents menu located below. Once you select a section, the Table of Contents menu will expand to show the subtopics available. Using the Brush Up Table of Contents menu you may either jump right to a subtopic or scroll through the content in the right frame.





In This Brush Up

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Diagnostic Exercises
Diagnostic Exercise Four
Diagnostic Exercise One
Diagnostic Exercise Three
Diagnostic Exercise Two

Part I-Grammar
Grammar Exercise Eight
Grammar Exercise Eleven
Grammar Exercise Five
Grammar Exercise Four
Grammar Exercise Nine
Grammar Exercise One
Grammar Exercise Seven
Grammar Exercise Six
Grammar Exercise Ten
Grammar Exercise Thirteen
Grammar Exercise Three
Grammar Exercise Twelve
Grammar Exercise Two
Test I

Part II-Punctuation
Punctuation Exercise One
Test II

Part III-Spelling
Spelling Exercise Five
Spelling Exercise Four
Spelling Exercise One
Spelling Exercise Three
Spelling Exercise Two
Test III

Part IV-Style
Essay Quiz
Style Exercise Four
Style Exercise One
Style Exercise Three
Style Exercise Two
Test IV

Part V-Journalistic Practice
Journalistic Practice One
Journalistic Practice Three
Journalistic Practice Two

Part VI-Math for the Journalist
Averages Exercise One
Averages Exercise Two
Fill in the Blanks
Multiple Response Quiz
Multiple Response Quiz
Percentages Exercise One
Percentages Exercise Two
Rates Exercise One
Test VII

Review Exercises
Review Exercise Five
Review Exercise Four
Review Exercise One
Review Exercise Six
Review Exercise Three
Review Exercise Two








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