Exploring Writing 2nd Edition by John Langan

Exercise 5

Fill in the missing words.
1. As part of her editing, Diane checked and corrected the __________________________ of two words, inconvenience and ever-increasing.
2. She added ___________________ to set off an introductory phrase ("To get to the theater") and an introductory word ("Finally") and also to connect the two complete thoughts in the fourth sentence.
3. She realized that "junior mints" is a brand name and added ___________ to make it "Junior Mints."
4. She realized that a number like "15" should be _____________ as "fifteen."
5. And since revision can occur at any stage in the writing process, including editing, she makes one of her details more vivid by adding the descriptive words " _______________________."