Harper Lee Biography Revising and Editing
Authored by Mary Shepard
English
10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What is the most effective way to rewrite sentences 1-3?
Born in 1926, Nelle Harper Lee was born in the small Alabama town of Monroeville and was a descendant of the great Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
Nelle Harper Lee was a descendant of the great Confederate general Robert E. Lee when she was bom in 1926 in the small Alabama town of Monroeville.
Nelle Harper Lee was a descendant of the great Confederate general Robert E. Lee, born in 1926 in the small Alabama town of Monroeville.
Nelle Harper Lee, a descendant of the great Confederate general Robert E. Lee, was born in 1926 in the small Alabama town of Monroeville.
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CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.8.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?
Delete the comma after Alabama
Insert the word she after the word then
Change university to University
Make no change
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CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?
Change written to wrote
Change the semicolon after stories to a comma
Delete the comma after friends
Make no change
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CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.8.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What change should be made in sentence 12?
Change That to This
Insert the word most before dearest
Change truly to truely
Insert a comma after wonderful
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CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What change should be made in sentence 13?
Change there to their
Change the comma after gifts to a semicolon
Change directed to direct
Change tree to Tree
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CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What is the most effective way to rewrite sentences 21-23?
To Kill a Mockingbird became an instant bestseller when it was published in 1961, winning the Pulitzer Prize for fiction that year.
The year that To Kill a Mockingbird was published, 1961, it became an instant bestseller, and it also won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
To Kill a Mockingbird became an instant bestseller when it was published in 1961; the same year that it won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1961, and the book became an instant bestseller and also won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction that year.
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CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Kevin wants to add this sentence to the fifth paragraph.
Young Harper was a tomboy, much like Scout.
Where should this sentence be inserted?
After sentence 25
After sentence 28
After sentence 30
After sentence 31
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CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.8.3
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