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WRITING TOOLS
Editing marks

Capitalize a letter

Make a letter lowercase

Add a period

Editing and Revision Marks

 

Capitalize this letter
 

Make this letter lowercase
 
 

Add a period

^

 

Add punctuation
(comma, semicolon, etc)

[  ]

#

 

The adjoining comment is
about this group of words
 

This is one word
 
Put a space here
 
Take out

sp

 

Spelling error

spout

 

Spell out this contraction,
number, or acronym

 
FRAG

 

Sentence fragment
Not a full sentence
Transpose

¶
 

Switch around
 

??

New paragraph break here
 
I don’t understand this

+

 


J

I found something I was looking for in your writing
 
This made me smile

 
SPEC

 

 
M

Missing word
 
Use a more specific word
 
 
Wrong word used here

  W

 

Wrong antecedent
The pronoun refers to the wrong antecedent or has no antecedent

 
TRANS

 


PV

Need to transition
better between items
Passive Voice

 
SW?

Use an active verb
So what?
Explain what this point has

 
2
 

 to do with your topic or story.
 

Don’t use Second Person

 
PERS

 

Person disagreement
Make sure the entire

∞

sentence is in 1st or 3rd person
 


 
PREP.

Split infinitive
 
Preposition ends sentence

 
UMAL

 

Use more academic language
 

♀♂

Gender issues
Your language either should be
more gender neutral (he or she)
 or more biased (She is a girl)

 
TENSE

 

Tense disagreement
Make sure the entire sentence
is in past, present, or future

S/V

 

Subject/Verb agreement
Make sure the subject and verb are both plural or singular
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  • Basics
    • 10 Rules
    • Setting
    • Genre
    • Structure >
      • Novel Forms
      • Poem Forms
      • Myth Forms
      • Play Forms
    • Style >
      • Analogy
      • Irony
      • Sonance
      • Parallelism
      • Solecism
    • Purpose
    • Glossary
    • Need a Word?
  • Story
    • Conflict
    • Character
    • Archetypes
    • Perspective
    • Starts & Ends
    • PULSE
    • Dialogue
  • Analysis
    • Theme+
    • How to read a... >
      • Poem
      • Play
      • Film
      • Image
      • Comic
    • Intertextuality
    • Lit Movements
    • Critical Lenses >
      • Marxism
      • Postcolonialism
      • Feminism
      • Queer
      • Ecocritical
      • Affliction
      • Psychoanalysis
      • Reader Response
  • Edifiers
    • Essays >
      • Precis
      • College Essay
    • Rhetoric >
      • Thesis
      • Appeals
      • Fallacies
    • Journalism >
      • Ethics
      • Writing >
        • Articles >
          • News
          • Features
          • Reviews
          • Opinions
        • Headlines
        • AP Style
      • Interviewing
      • Photojournalism
    • Metiers >
      • Resume+
      • Speeches
  • Research
    • Source Citation >
      • MLA Citation
      • APA Citation
      • In-Text
    • Copyright
    • How to quote
    • How to Make a... >
      • Bibliograpy
      • Annotated Bib.
      • Abstract
      • Ignite
  • Grammar
    • Parts of Speech >
      • Nouns
      • Main Verbs
      • Helping Verbs
      • Verbals
      • Modifiers
      • Pronouns
      • Conjunctions
    • Mechanics >
      • Punctuation
      • Commas
      • Parentheticals
    • Usage >
      • Titles
      • Numbers
      • Decency
      • Respect
      • Yellow Words
    • Print Format