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Discussion and Application Worksheets

Here you can find worksheets for the end-of-chapter activities. They are available for your download in several forms:

  • By chapter, in two versions (download chapters one-by-one, as you need them, or have students get them as needed)

    • online version, for completion at a computer workstation

    • print version, for completion on paper

  • By chapter, in compressed zip files (download all the chapter activities as separate files in one zip file)   Chapters 1-24 online version    Chapters 1-24 print version

  • Workbook: end-of-chapter materials for hard-copy editing

The workbook contains activities from Chapters 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 16 that students may complete on paper. You could print the set for a coursepack. The workbook omits discussion activities. You can download the workbook here.

Chapter

Title

Online

Print

1

Editing: The Big Picture

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2

Readers, Users, Browsers, Problem Solvers...

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3

Collaborating with Writers

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4

Copymarking: Hard Copy

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5

Copymarking: Soft Copy

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6

Electronic Editing

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7

Basic Copyediting: An Introduction

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8

Copyediting for Consistency

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9

Spelling, Capitalization, and Abbreviations

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10

Grammar and Usage

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11

Punctuation

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12

Quantitative and Technical Material

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13

Proofreading

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14

Comprehensive Editing: Definition and Process

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15

Style: Definition and Sentence Structures

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16

Style: Verbs and Other Words

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17

Organization

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18

Visual Design

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19

Illustrations

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20

Editing in Global Contexts

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21

Editing Online Documents

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22

Legal and Ethical Issues in Editing

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23

Type and Production

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24

Management

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Zip file containing all the worksheets

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