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