Revise and Edit Questions

Joseph said he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves.

• Change knew to new

• Change thrown to threw

• Change theirselves to themselves

• No change is needed.

Natalies' flower was the most beautiful I had ever seen.

• Change most beautiful to more beautiful

• ^{Change Natalies' to Natalies's}

• Change flower to flour

• No change is needed

The Pledge of Allegiance is an important part of our monday morning assembly.

• ^{Change important to more important}

• Change an to a

• ^{Change monday to Monday}

• The sentence is correct

"I love to read about animals" said Matthew, as he settled down with his new magazine to read. 

• Add a period after animals

• Add a comma after animals

• Change said to Said

• No change is needed

What is the big difference between revising and editing?

• Revising involves big changes, and editing can be done by a computer.

• They are about the same

• One is more important

• Revising is double checking your writing, and editing is fixing what you checked.

Questions on the STAAR or SCA that ask you to decide whether to add a comma or leave the sentence as it is written are questions about...

• Revising

• Editing

A question on the STAAR or SCA asking you about where an additional sentence would fit best in a paragraph is a question about

• Revising

• Editing

A question on the STAAR or SCA asking you what a better first sentence for an article would be, is a question about

• Revising

• editing

When you revise, you should think about how to ______ your paragraphs.

• Organize

• Fix

• lengthen

• edit

Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.

• change family to Family

• change I to me

• change river to River

• The sentence is correct.