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Conventions
Conventions include MLA formatting, punctuation, spelling, grammar and usage, capitalization, paragraphing, and appropriate MLA citations as well as specialized conventions specific to the original work.
Adapted from Source: "6+1 Trait Rubrics." Education Northwest, educationnorthwest.org/resources/61-trait-rubrics. Accessed 20 Aug. 2022.
Once you have attended to all of the other traits, you are ready to edit for conventions. Use the resources below to review the rules and practice your editing skills.
Resources
The Writer's Reference Center - a great database from our LMC.
Grammar can be fun! Check out this cool episode of Mental Floss with John Green:
Common Errors
Common Errors
Below are quick links to the Guide to Grammar and Writing, a great resource from the Capital Community College Foundation of Hartford, Connecticut.
Paragraphing
Not sure where to begin or end a paragraph? Check out this link: Paragraph Development
Agreement
Punctuation
Literary Present Tense
Literary Present Tense
Which sentence has the correct verb tense?
Captain Ahab, a central figure in the novel Moby Dick, is obsessed with the great white whale.
Captain Ahab, a central figure in the novel Moby Dick, was obsessed with the great white whale.
The answer lies in the literary present tense. Learn all about the literary present tense with this great resource from the MLA.
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