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Day 1 Use of underlining or italics with title of play Subject and verb agreement Correct use of colon before a list The play Antigone was written by Sophocles.

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1 Day 1 Use of underlining or italics with title of play Subject and verb agreement Correct use of colon before a list The play Antigone was written by Sophocles. The list of characters in the play include the following Antigone, Ismene, Eurydice, Creon, and Haimon.

2 Day 1 The play Antigone was written by Sophocles. Use of underlining or italics with title of play The list of characters in the play includes the following: Antigone, Ismene, Eurydice, Creon, and Haimon. Subject and verb agreement Correct use of colon before a list

3 Day 2 Revision of wordy sentence Correction of commonly misused words Elimination of unnecessary conjunction but Antigone gives readers alot of information about burial customs in ancient Greece. What I want to say is that I have no doubt but that I will enjoy reading the play.

4 Day 2 Antigone gives readers a lot of information about burial customs in ancient Greece. Correction of commonly misused words What I want to say is that but I have no doubt that I will enjoy reading the play. Revision of wordy sentence Elimination of unnecessary conjunction but _________________ ___

5 Day 3 Revision of choppy sentences Use of apostrophe to indicate join possession Use of ellipsis points to signal an incomplete quotation Creon is King of Thebes. He is Antigone's uncle. He is also Ismene's uncle. Creon's first words in Antigone are, "Gentlemen: I have the honor to inform you that"

6 Day 3 Creon is King of Thebes as well as Antigone and Ismene's uncle. Revision of choppy sentences Use of apostrophe to indicate join possession Creon's first words in Antigone are, "Gentlemen: I have the honor to inform you that...." Use of ellipsis points to signal an incomplete quotation

7 Day 4 Use of comma after mild interjection Correction of spelling: base word with final y Use of exclamation point to show strong emotion Yes Antigone broke the law when she buryed her brother. I definitely think Antigone is simply the most courageous character in literature.

8 Day 4 Yes, Antigone broke the law when she buried her brother. Use of comma after mild interjection Correction of spelling: base word with final y I definitely think Antigone is simply the most courageous character in literature! Use of exclamation point to show strong emotion

9 Day 5 Spelling out time expressed without the abbreviation A.M. or P.M. Use of comma to set off an introductory subordinate clause Elimination of double negative I finished reading Antigone at exactly 9:00 last night. When I arrived at school I couldn't hardly wait to discuss the play.

10 Day 5 I finished reading Antigone at exactly nine o'clock last night. Spelling out time expressed without the abbreviation A.M. or P.M. When I arrived at school, I could hardly wait to discuss the play. Use of comma to set off an introductory subordinate clause Elimination of double negative


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