Editing with CUPS

Editing with CUPS

Let's review editing procedures

First, a review of revision

• Revision is:

• Clarity

• Organization

• Word Choice

• Sentence Variety

• Development

• Style

Multiple Choice

What strategy do we use for revision

• CUPS

• ARMS

Multiple Choice

One region of Texas is the Mountins and Basins.

What part of CUPS would you use to correct the statement?

• Capitalization

• Punctuation

• Usage

• Spelling

Multiple Choice

One region of Texas is the Mountins and Basins.

What correction would you make?

• Not capitalize Mountins and Basins

• Change is to are

• Add a comma after Mountins

• Change Mountins to Mountains

Multiple Choice

What does "clarify" mean?

• To make something less confusing

• To add more details

• To make easier-to-understand word choices

Multiple Select

What gets capitalized?

• Names

• Months

• City and State names

• The first letter of a sentence

• The pronoun, I

Multiple Choice

Lorenzo de Zavala from Mexico was a physician, the author of several books, and were the First Vice President of the Republic of Texas.

What CUPS edit would you use for this sentence?

• Capitalization

• Usage

• Punctuation

• Spelling

Multiple Choice

Lorenzo de Zavala from Mexico was a physician, the author of several books, and were the First Vice President of the Republic of Texas.

What edit would you make?

• un-capitalize Republic

• Change were to was

• Add a comma after President

• Change Texas to Texes

Multiple Select

What do you look for when editing for punctuation?

• Periods, exclamation points, and question marks

• Comma placement

• One comma per sentence

• Proper quotation mark placement

Multiple Choice

What word is spelled incorrectly?

• Alamo

• Austin

• Houstun

• Republic

• Texas