Date: February 12, 2015
List three to five grammatical areas to focus on based on your grammar
Assessment, quiz results:
1. Run on sentences
a. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm

2. Comma Usage a. https://awc.ashford.edu/grammar-punctuation-commas.html

3. Mechanical Errors a. https://awc.ashford.edu/grammar-punctuation-quotation-marks.html

4. Comma Splices a. https://awc.ashford.edu/grammar-errors-run-ons-and-comma-splices.html
5. Subject and Verb Agreement
a. https://awc.ashford.edu/grammar-errors-subject-verb-agreement-tips.html

Reflect on the tone of your writing. Do you appear cold, warm, or friendly in all of the right places? I felt as if I came off warm and friendly in my essay. Does your tone work for your audience and purpose? Yes it does. (Chapter 9.3)
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Look for connotations. Are they accurate? Are they overly emotional? Are they no connotations in my essay? There were no connotations that I came across. Look for trigger words that may suggest racism, sexism or offensive language, and correct.
See this website for further explanation. I didn’t find any trigger words in my essay.
Look for words that can be simplified. Yes there were words in my essay that could be simplified and I change them.
Look for words that can be made more specific. I didn’t find and words that could be more specific.
Look for verbs that could be more action specific. I did find some of the words and they were changed to make my essay better.
Examine the transitions (furthermore, next, last year, etc.). Are they accurate and are they in the right places? Should you add more? In my first draft I did have issues with the transitions but I learn how to put those words in there so it could flow smoothly.
Make sure each sentence is complete and clear. Look for choppy sentences that can be combined into a longer sentence. All of my sentences were completed and I didn’t have any run ons or choppy sentences.
Look for wordy sentences that need to be shortened. I didn’t have an issues in this area.
Look for wordy sentences or run-on sentences. I didn’t have any wordy or run-on sentences
Check your verb forms and tense. Make sure subjects and verbs agree, and that the Verbs are consistently in past or present tense. The subject and verbs were used correctly
Look for pronouns like it, they, she, and he. Make sure what or whom they refer to are clear. The pronouns were clear in my essay
Check your spelling. My spelling had some errors but it was fixed.
Check your punctuation. Punctuation was fine.
Check your APA essay format. The format wasn’t used at first but it has been corrected.