Chapter 6: Perfecting Your Writing: Grammar
Your instructor may ask you to complete one or more of the following exercises.
- Review the latest assignment you completed for school. Does it contain any commonly confused words? Circle each example and use the circled words to begin your own checklist of commonly confused words. Continue to add to your checklist each time you complete an assignment or find a misused word.
- What is your definition of a successful person? Is it based on a person’s profession or character? In one paragraph, describe in detail what you think makes a person successful. When you are finished, proofread your work for spelling errors. Exchange papers with a partner and read each other’s work. See if you catch any spelling errors that your partner missed.
- Review a piece of writing that you have completed for school. Circle any sentences with slang, or overly general words and rewrite them using stronger language.
