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Proof Reading Tips

Proof Reading Tips. Proof Reading. Funny Signs. http://www.yetiarts.com/aaron/comics/images/fiske/proofread.jpg. Strategies For Proof Reading. Read out loud probably the most important! Read with a “cover”

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Proof Reading Tips

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  1. Proof Reading Tips

  2. Proof Reading Funny Signs http://www.yetiarts.com/aaron/comics/images/fiske/proofread.jpg

  3. Strategies For Proof Reading • Read out loud • probably the most important! • Read with a “cover” • Cover the parts of the paper that you are not focusing on to encourage you to read little bits of the paper at a time. • Role-play • Pretend you are reading the paper for the first time as your instructor, a friend, a fellow classmate- etc.

  4. Strategies for Proofreading • Avoid distractions while proofreading. • Change the look of the text. Change the font, size of the text or text color to make the document look different. This will trick your eyes into thinking it’s a different document. Don’t forget to change it back to the proper format before turning it in! • Ask a friend for a second glance.

  5. Strategies For Proof Reading • Read from the end to the beginning • This will help to read the paper sentence by sentence. • Proofread one sentence at a time • Proof read slowly

  6. Personalizing your Proofreading • Find which errors you typically make • Learn to fix those errors • See which proofreading strategies work best for you

  7. Paragraph Clarity • Make sure each paragraph’s central idea is addressed clearly. • A good strategy for this is to read the paragraphs randomly. • Make sure all your evidence is sufficient and relevant. • Make sure all your paragraphs have transitions between them! ( more on transitions http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/01/ )

  8. Personalize Your Proofreading • Learn which mistakes you tend to make the most, so you can pay careful attention to those areas when proofreading. • Learn which proofreading strategies work best for you.

  9. The following paragraph has errors of several sorts. Copy and paste it into a word processor and then proofread it as carefully as you can. First look for sentence punctuation errors (fragments, comma splices). Then check to see if you can spot any of the errors you know you make in your own writing. Finally, proofread one last time for spelling. To enhance my ego, I tell little white lies to my friends. "I am the best football player in town"; is an example of a little white lie I tell. I tell this lie to my friends so they will think I play football well. It does not matter that the last time I played football, I fumbled the ball six times, threw three interceptions, and scored a touchdown for the opposing team. If a little white lie is available, and my friends will believe it, I will use a little white lie to avoid embarrasment, and to inflate my ego. When a friend ask me how my date with Marcia was; I certainly will not tell him the truth: that she dropped me flat for some football player. I will tell a little white lie, to inflate my ego, and say: "Marcia and I had a great time together," or "I broke up with Marcia, she's too ugly, I have a better looking girlfriend now." I will not tell the truth and damage my ego when a little white lie can mask the truth and magnify my ego. To avoid embarrasment and to protect my ego; I tell little white lies to my freinds. http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/editing/pop2b6.cfm

  10. Ode to a Spell Checker I have a spelling checkerI disk covered four my PC.It plane lee marks four my revueMiss steaks aye can knot see. Eye ran this poem threw it.Your sure real glad two no.Its very polished in its weigh,My checker tolled me sew. A checker is a blessing.It freeze yew lodes of thyme.It helps me right awl stiles two reed,And aides me when aye rime. Each frays comes posed up on my screenEye trussed too bee a joule.The checker pours o'er every wordTo cheque sum spelling rule. Bee fore wee rote with checkersHour spelling was inn deck line,Butt now when wee dew have a laps,Wee are not maid too wine. And now bee cause my spellingIs checked with such grate flare,There are know faults in awl this peace,Of nun eye am a wear. To rite with care is quite a feetOf witch won should be proud,And wee mussed dew the best wee can,Sew flaws are knot aloud. That's why eye brake in two averseCaws Eye dew want too please.Sow glad eye yam that aye did byeThis soft wear four pea seas. --Author Unknown

  11. Resources • http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/editing/ • http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/editing.html • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/01/ Tutorial Center

  12. Evaluations If you find any errors on any of these slides, or if the links do not work, please let us know! Thank you, English Tutors

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