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1 Day 1 “The masque of the red death” is a allegory. In a allegory characters, settings and events have symbolic meanings. Capitalize important words in a title Use a comma after an introductory prepositional phrase Correct indefinite article Correct indefinite article

2 Day 1 “The Masque of the Red Death” is an allegory. Capitalize important words in a title Correct indefinite article In an allegory, characters, settings and events have symbolic meanings. Use a comma after an introductory prepositional phrase

3 Day 2 The setting for “The Masque of the Red Death” is Prince Prosperos abbey. The abbey has lofty walls, rooms decorated in blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet and black, and castle like towers. In a series that has commas, use semi-colons between the major parts of the list Use a hyphen in a compound adjective Use of an apostrophe to show possession

4 Use an apostrophe to show possession
Day 2 The setting for “The Masque of the Red Death” is Prince Prospero’s abbey. Use an apostrophe to show possession The abbey has lofty walls; rooms decorated in blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet and black; and castle-like towers. In a series that has commas, use semi-colons between the major parts of the list Use a hyphen in a compound adjective

5 Day 3 The sickness called the Red Death is a horrible illness that kills its victims within half an hour. Eliminate redundancy (repeating information) And to avoid the illness, Prospero goes into seclusion with his freinds. Do not begin sentences with and in formal writing i before e except after c...

6 Eliminate redundancy (repeating information)
Day 3 _____________ the sickness called The Red Death is a horrible illness that kills its victims within half an hour. Eliminate redundancy (repeating information) And To avoid the illness, Porspero goes into seclusion with his friends. Do not begin sentences with and in formal writing i before e except after c… ____

7 Capitalize the title before a person’s name
Day 4 One day prince Prospero makes a decision. He decides to hold a ball. It will be a masked ball. The Red Death is a topic of discussion between the many guests. Capitalize the title before a person’s name Combine a series of choppy simple sentences Use between for two and among for more than two

8 One day Prince Prospero decides to hold a masked ball.
Capitalize the title before a person’s name Combine a series of choppy simple sentences The Red Death is a topic of discussion among the many guests. Use between for two and among for more than two

9 Day 5 Irregardless of Prospero’s precautions Red Death enters the abbey. The story ends with the words Red Death held illimitable dominion over all. Use quotation marks around direct quotations (someone’s exact words) Irregardless should be regardless Use comma after introductory phrase

10 Regardless of Prospero’s precautions, Red Death enters the abbey.
Day 5 Regardless of Prospero’s precautions, Red Death enters the abbey. Irregardless should be regardless Use of comma after an introductory phrase The story ends with the words “Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.” Use quotation marks around direct quotations (someone’s exact words)


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