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1 Correct use of dash to emphasize additional information
Day 1 For midevil artists of Europe, the Christian religion--not people or nature, was the chief subject matter. There weren’t but one area in which to exhibit their work--cathedrals or churches. Subject and verb agreement Correct use of dash to emphasize additional information Elimination of double negatives Correction of commonly misspelled words

2 Day 1 For medieval artists of Europe, the Christian religion--not people or nature--was the chief subject matter. Correction of commonly misspelled words Correct use of dash to emphasize additional information but There was only one area in which to exhibit their work--cathedrals or churches. Subject and verb agreement Elimination of double negatives ___

3 Correct use of subordinating conjunctions
Day 2 Colorful illustrations for bibles had abstract patterns of elaborate arranged lines. Decorated with gold, the manuscripts were called illuminations because they looked like they had been lit up. Correct use of subordinating conjunctions Capitalization of religious terms Use of adverbs to modify adjectives

4 Day 2 Colorful illustrations for Bibles had abstract patterns of elaborately arranged lines. Capitalization of religious terms Use of adverbs to modify adjectives Decorated with gold, the manuscripts were called illuminations because they looked as if they had been lit up. Correct use of subordinating conjunctions

5 Day 3 A style of art called byzantine art arose in Byzantium (now Istanbul, Turkey.) Correct placement of period with parentheses Capitalization of proper adjectives In this style, much unchanged to the present day, figures stand for religious ideas, not flesh and blood people. Use of hyphen with compound adjective

6 Day 3 A style of art called Byzantine art arose in Byzantium (now Istanbul, Turkey). Capitalization of proper adjectives Correct placement of period with parentheses In this style, much unchanged to the present day, figures stand for religious ideas, not flesh-and-blood people. Use of hyphen with compound adjective

7 Colorful Romanesque art look well on stone walls of churches.
Day 4 Colorful Romanesque art look well on stone walls of churches. Romanesque paintings lack perspective but they showed skill in composition. Correct predicate adjective Use of comma before coordinating conjunction Subject and verb agreement Verb tense compatibility

8 Day 4 Colorful Romanesque art looks good on the stone walls of churches. Subject and verb agreement Correct predicate adjective Romanesque paintings lack perspective, but they show skill in composition. Use of comma before coordinating conjunction Verb tense compatibility

9 Correction of faulty subordination
Day 5 Gothic architecture featured giant windows because artists filled them with beautiful stained glass scenes. Armies of sculptors working anonymously decorated the great churches farther with carvings and statues. Correction of faulty subordination Use of commas with nonrestrictive participial phrase Correction of commonly confused words Use of hyphen in compound adjective

10 Day 5 Because Gothic architecture featured giant windows, artists filled them with beautiful stained-glass scenes. Correction of faulty subordination Use of hyphen in compound adjective Armies of sculptors, working anonymously, decorated the great churches further with carvings and statues. Use of commas with nonrestrictive participial phrase Correction of commonly confused words


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