Revising and Editing Grammar Review

Explain the difference between revising and editing.

• Revising means adding more pages to the writing, while editing means changing the font size and style.

• Revising involves changing the font and color of the text, while editing focuses on adding images and graphics.

• Revising is about fixing spelling and grammar errors, while editing is about rearranging the paragraphs and sentences.

• Revising involves making changes to the content, organization, and overall structure of the writing, while editing focuses on correcting grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors.

What role does grammar and punctuation play in the revising and editing process?

• They have no impact on the quality of writing

• Grammar and punctuation are only important for spoken language, not written

• They help to improve the overall quality and effectiveness of the writing.

• Revising and editing can be done effectively without considering grammar and punctuation

What are some common mistakes to look out for when revising and editing a piece of writing?

• Grammar and punctuation errors, unclear or awkward phrasing, repetition, and lack of coherence

• Including too much dialogue

• Using too many descriptive words

• Spelling mistakes and typos

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Revising is:

• Fixing grammar, punctuation and sentence structure

• Making the piece SOUND better

• Adding, cutting, moving or changing information to improve content

• Making the piece LOOK better

• Change most beautiful to more beautiful

• Change Maggies’ to Maggie’s

• Change dance to danse

• No revision is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

• Change took to tooken

• Change soup to soop

• Change Grandmother to grandmother

• The sentence is correct as written.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

• Change help to helping

• Change hands and knees to hand’s and knee’s

• Change dropped to droped

• No change is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

What is the best way to revise this sentence:

In the late spring, the sides of the cliff's echo with the music of tiny tree frogs.

• In the late spring the sides of the cliffs echo with the music of tiny tree frogs.

• In the late Spring, the sides of the cliffs echo with the music of tiny tree frogs.

• In the late spring the sides of the cliffs echo with the music of tiny tree frogs, and it is music.

• In the late spring the sides of the cliffs echo music, and it is the music of tiny tree frogs.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Editing is:

• Adding, cutting, moving or changing information to improve content

• Fixing grammar, punctuation and sentence structure

• Making the piece LOOK better

• Making the piece SOUND better

What is the purpose of revising and editing in writing?

• To make the writing longer and more confusing

• To add irrelevant information and distract the reader

• To improve the clarity, coherence, and overall quality of the content.

• To decrease the overall quality and coherence of the content