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Proofreading Symbols

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Proofreading Symbols
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the meaning of this proofreading mark?

add a word

reverse

delete

begin a new paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the meaning of this proofreading mark?

add a question mark

add quotation marks

add an apostrophe

add a comma

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the meaning of this proofreading mark?

delete

capitalize the letter

lowercase the letter

reverse

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

___ is reading and marking corrections in a printed copy that needs to be corrected.  

proofreading

accuracy

impression

professionalism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Proofreading marks are ___ that are used to mark corrections and changes to a document.

letters

symbols

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

lower case
capitalize
spell out
transpose

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

spelling
close up
new/old
delete

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

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