Day 1

During her life Emily Dickinson nearly wrote 2,000 poems, only seven of these were published while she was alive.

As a result few people knew about Dickinson’s poetry in her own day.

sentence phrase Use of semicolon to correct run-on Use of comma after introductory Correction of misplaced modifier

Day 1

During her life Emily Dickinson wrote nearly 2,000 poems ; only seven of these were published while she was alive.

Correction of misplaced modifier Use of semicolon to correct run-on sentence As a result , few people knew about Dickinson’s poetry in her own day.

Use of comma after introductory phrase

Day 2

Our teacher read a poem that began this way: “success is counted sweetest by those who neer succeed.” Dickinson had, had a great deal of trouble getting her poetry published.

Capitalization of first word in a line of poetry Elimination of unnecessary comma separating verb phrase Use of apostrophe in a contraction

Day 2

Our teacher read a poem that began this way: “ S uccess is counted sweetest by those who ne’er succeed.” Capitalization of first word in a line of poetry Use of apostrophe in a contraction

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, Dickinson had had a great deal of trouble getting her poetry published.

Elimination of unnecessary comma separating verb phrase

Day 3

Everyone in our class has their favorite Dickinson poem.

Teachers’ emphasize the use of irregular punctuation meter and rhyme as they teach poems by Emily Dickinson.

Pronoun agreement with antecedent Correct formation of plural noun Use of commas in a series

Day 3

Everyone in our class has his or her favorite Dickinson poem.

Pronoun agreement with antecedent

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’ Teachers emphasize the use of irregular punctuation , meter , rhyme as they teach poems by Emily Dickinson.

and Correct formation of plural noun Use of commas in a series

Day 4

Neither Dickinson’s editor nor her first readers was aware of the poet’s genius.

Dickinson wrote most unique poems, and this was clear after we had read her work.

Correction of unclear pronoun reference Verb agreement with a compound subject joined by

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or

nor

Elimination of superlative form with absolute adjective

Day 4

Neither Dickinson’s editor nor her first readers were poet’s genius.

aware of the Verb agreement with a compound subject joined by

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or

nor

Dickinson wrote unique poems, and this talent was clear after we had read her work.

Elimination of superlative form with absolute adjective Correction of unclear pronoun reference

Day 5

“Success is counted sweetest” has nice images.

You can recite this poem from memory cant you?

Correct use of apostrophe with contraction Use of precise adjective to improve style Use of comma to set off tag question

Day 5

“Success is counted sweetest” has vivid images.

Use of precise adjective to improve style You can recite this poem from memory , can ’ t you?

Use of comma to set off tag question Correct use of apostrophe with contraction