readers feel that longfellow wrote the best narrative poems in american literature. use of...

Readers feel that Longfellow wrote the best narrative poems in American Literature.

Use of apostrophe to show possession

Use of adjective qualifier

Elimination of unnecessary capitalization

Use of quotation marks with title of a poem

The Wreck of the Hesperus is one of Longfellows poems.

Day 1

Use of apostrophe to show possession

Use of adjective qualifier

Elimination of unnecessary capitalization

Use of quotation marks with title of a poem

Day 1

Many readers feel that Longfellow wrote the best narrative poems in American literature.

“The Wreck of the Hesperus” is one of Longfellow’s poems.

“The Wreck of the Hesperus” tells the story of a truely tragic shipwreck.

The man in charge of sailing the hesperus had taken his daughter to sea.

Use of italics or underlining for name of ship

Day 2

Correction of commonly misspelled words

Use of specific noun to improve style

Capitalization of proper noun

Day 2

“The Wreck of the Hesperus” tells the story of a truly tragic shipwreck.

The skipper of the Hesperus had taken his daughter to sea.

Use of italics or underlining for name of ship

Correction of commonly misspelled words

Use of specific noun to improve style

Capitalization of proper noun

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Day 3

Use of absolute phrase to combine sentences

The Skipper of the Hesperus tied his daughter to the mast. A storm raged around him.

But the Skipper died during the storm.

Elimination of but at the beginning of a sentence

Elimination of unnecessary capitalization

Elimination of unnecessary capitalization

Elimination of but at the beginning of a sentence

Day 3

A storm raging around him, the skipper of the Hesperus tied his daughter to the mast.

The skipper died during the storm.

Use of absolute phrase to combine sentences

Elimination of unnecessary capitalization

Elimination of unnecessary capitalization

But

Use of a comma after introductory phrase

The next morning a fisherman stood on the beach and views the remains of the Hesperus.

The daughter of the skipper was still tied to the mast.

Day 4

Streamlining sentences with use of possessives

Verb tense compatibility

Use of a comma after introductory phrase

Streamlining sentences with use of possessives

Verb tense compatibility

Day 4

The next morning, a fisherman stood on the beach and viewed the remains of the Hesperus.

The skipper’s daughter was still tied to the mast.

Correction of commonly confused words

Day 5

Elimination of split infinitive

Correct placement of questions mark with quotation marks

Our teacher asked, “Whose read other poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”?

We were ready to quickly run to the library to find more of his poems.

Correction of commonly confused words

Day 5

Elimination of split infinitive

Correct placement of questions mark with quotation marks

Our teacher asked, “Who’s read other poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?”

We were ready to run to the library quickly to find more of his poems.