Transcript Handbook of Literary Terms

Proofreading Warm-up
Item 1
The nieghbors would not cenceed that the strip of
land was not there’s.
Corrected
The neighbors would not concede that the strip
of land was not theirs.
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Item 2
The night was cold and windy and the wolfs in the
forest was howling.
Corrected
The night was cold and windy, and the wolves in
the forest were howling.
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Item 3
neither of the men were able to get loose from the
tangle of fallen branchs.
Corrected
Neither of the men was able to get loose from the
tangle of fallen branches.
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Item 4
from who did she borrow the necklace
Corrected
From whom did she borrow the necklace?
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Item 5
The cab droped she and her husband off at their
apartment building.
Corrected
The cab dropped her and her husband off at their
apartment building.
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Item 6
After dismissing her maid she did all the cooking
washed the dishes cleaned the linens and taken
out the trash.
Corrected
After dismissing her maid, she did all the cooking,
washed the dishes, cleaned the linens, and took
out the trash.
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Item 7
I shouldn’t never have borrowed that necklace
Mathilde cried.
Corrected
“I should never have borrowed that necklace!”
Mathilde cried.
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Item 8
“Its too costly to replace, she said.
Corrected
“It’s too costly to replace,” she said.
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Item 9
Edgar Allan Poes frightenning tales often take
place in creepy dark settings
Corrected
Edgar Allan Poe’s frightening tales often take
place in creepy, dark settings.
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Item 10
when i read poes storys before going to bed i have
aweful dreams said Shannon.
Corrected
“When I read Poe’s stories before going to bed,
I have awful dreams,” said Shannon.
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Item 11
Montresor said he was insulted he did not explain
what happenned.
Corrected
Montresor said he was a insulted, but he did not
explain what happened.
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Item 12
Whose the author of the short story the cask of
Amontillado.
Corrected
Who’s the author of the short story “The Cask of
Amontillado”?
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Item 13
Like I said before Ive already read some other
stories by Poe
Corrected
As I said before, I’ve already read some other
stories by Poe.
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Item 14
For example i just read the tell-tale heart last
week.
Corrected
For example, I just read “The Tell-Tale Heart” last
week.