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Focused Editing

Focused Editing. The Usual Suspects. Comma Splices cs What are they? How do you look for them? I decided to read the poem again, the second reading confirmed my suspicion that the speaker was female.

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Focused Editing

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  1. Focused Editing

  2. The Usual Suspects • Comma Splicescs • What are they? • How do you look for them? • I decided to read the poem again, the second reading confirmed my suspicion that the speaker was female.

  3. I decided to read the poem again, the second reading confirmed my suspicion that the speaker was female. • I decided to read the poem again, the second reading confirmed my suspicion that the speaker was female. • I decided to read the poem again; the second reading confirmed my suspicion that the speaker was female. • I decided to read the poem again, and the second reading confirmed my suspicion that the speaker was female.

  4. The Usual Suspects • Fragmentsfrag • What are they? • How do you look for them? • I hadn’t noticed how Olds used the word “scar” to describe the young man’s shoelaces. Even though I’d read the poem many times.

  5. I hadn’t noticed how Olds used the word “scar” to describe the young man’s shoelaces. Even though I’d read the poem many times. • Tricky Starts: • Although • Even though • Because • Since • While

  6. I hadn’t noticed how Olds used the word “scar” to describe the young man’s shoelaces, even though I’d read the poem many times. • Even though I’d already read the poem many times, I hadn’t noticed how Olds used the word “scar” to describe the young man’s shoelaces.

  7. The Usual Suspects • Easily-Confused Words • to, two, too • were, where • your, you’re • there, their, they’re • its, it’s • could of, should of, would of • could have, should have, would have

  8. The Usual Suspects • Commas around Essential Clauses, • What are they? • How do you look for them? • The poem, that I analyzed for the essay, was Sharon Olds’ “On the Subway.” • Olds’ poem, “On the Subway,” is about a woman considering the politics of race.

  9. The poem, that I analyzed for the essay, was Sharon Olds’ “On the Subway.” • Olds’ poem, “On the Subway,” is about a woman considering the politics of race.

  10. Olds provides us with no access to the thoughts of the “boy,” who wears his shoelaces like “intentional scars.” Olds provides us with no access to the thoughts of the “boy,” who wears his shoelaces like “intentional scars.”

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