Revising and Editing

There are _______ steps in the writing process

• 3
• 5
• 2
• 1

If you are getting your thoughts together and taking notes you are in the _____________ stage. 

• publishing 
• editing 
• pre-writing 
• writing 

What is the correct sequence of the writing process? 

• writing, pre-writing, revising, editing, publishing
• publishing, writing, pre-writing, editing, revising 
• pre-writing, writing, publishing, revising, editing 
• pre-writing, writing, revision, editing, publishing 

In the _____________ stage, you Add sentences, Remove unneeded words/phrases, Move or change a sentence or word placement, and Substitute sentences or words for others.

• Editing 
• Writing 
• Revising 
• publishing 

In the ____________ stage you check for capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling. 

• editing 
• publishing 
• revising 
• pre-writing 

What do you do in the revising stage? 

• Add sentences/words, Remove unneeded words/sentences, Move a sentence or word placement, and Substitute words or sentences for others
• Check for spelling, punctuation, usage, and capitalization. 
• Read through the first few sentences
• Look over your writing 

Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.

• change family to Family
• change I to me
• change river to River
• The sentence is correct.

Mom surprised us all when she declared, "let's all go get pizza!"

• Delete the quotation marks
• Change let's to Let's
• Remove the comma after declared
• The sentence is correct.

What comes at the end of a sentence that is asking a question?

• .
• !
• ?
• *

When do you use quotation marks in a sentence ?
""

• To quote what someone said
• at the end of a sentence
• never