| Objective A: Learners will identify and
correct errors in pieces of writing using the conventions of standard
written English. |
- Identify errors and correct them; select correct answers from
choices given.
- Identify sentences which are free of mechanical errors.
- Identify and correct misspelled words.
- Identify and correct errors in possessives, contractions, and
homonyms.
- Identify and correct errors in capitalization: proper nouns and
adjectives; titles of people, dates, places, and addresses; and
season and time.
- Identify and correct errors in comma usage: items in a series,
between independent clauses, after introductory phrases and
dependent clauses, overuse, and before and after parenthetical and
appositive phrases.
- Identify sentences which are free of errors in usage.
- Identify and correct errors in subject-verb agreement.
- Identify and correct verb tense errors in sentences and
paragraphs.
- Identify and correct errors in pronoun reference.
- Identify sentences which are free of errors in structure.
- Identify and correct sentence fragments.
- Identify and correct run-on sentences.
- Identify and correct comma splices.
- Identify and correct improper use and punctuation of dependent
and independent clauses.
- Identify and correct errors in parallel structure.
- Identify and correct errors in modifying phrases.
- Identify a revised sentence that improves clarity or logic.
- Identify signal words and connectives as appropriate for linking
related clauses and sentences.
- Identify and correct prepositional phrases, punctuation marks and
dialogue, compound and complex sentences, transitional words and
phrases, and conjunctions.
- Check, edit, and revise for correct information, emphasis, and
form.
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