Deck 25: Proofreading to Correct Your Personal Error Patterns

Question 1

Instructions: Select True if the statement is true or False if the statement is false.
Proofreading is the first stage of the writing process.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer. An error pattern is any error that the writer makes

A) just once.
B) two or more times.
C) at least ten times.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Instructions: Select True if the statement is true or False if the statement is false.
Proofreading skills can be developed and improved.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Instructions: Select True if the statement is true or False if the statement is false.
Grammatical errors give readers a negative impression of a writer's skills and intelligence.

Question 5

Instructions: Select True if the statement is true or False if the statement is false.
Writers who make many mistakes should concentrate on finding just the worst errors.

Question 6

Instructions: Select True if the statement is true or False if the statement is false.
Proofreading should occur immediately after you complete a draft of a paper.

Question 7

Instructions: Select True if the statement is true or False if the statement is false.
Your classmates are the best source of information about your personal error patterns.

Question 9

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer. Which of the following is a good way to identify personal error patterns?

A) Read your returned papers and study the errors marked by the instructor.
B) Read a book about grammar.
C) Read your classmates' papers and notice the mistakes they make.

Question 10

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer. The "bottoms up" proofreading technique involves reading your paper one sentence at a time,

A) from the last sentence to the first sentence.
B) from the first sentence to the last sentence.
C) randomly choosing just two or three sentences to check.

Question 11

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer. A writer who is proofreading is

A) having classmates, friends, or tutors read his or her paper and provide suggestions for improvement.
B) conducting research to make sure that all of the information in a paragraph or essay is accurate.
C) slowly reading a paragraph or essay to find and correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors.

Question 12

Instructions: Select True if the statement is true or False if the statement is false.
A personal error patterns chart is one type of proofreading strategy.

Question 13

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer. To catch errors most effectively,

A) proofread your paper on the computer screen before printing it.
B) print your paper, and then proofread it.
C) proofread your handwritten rough draft before you type it.

Question 14

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer. Which of the following is the most effective way to increase your awareness of the errors you tend to make?

A) Ask your classmates to identify the mistakes you're making.
B) Go to your school's writing lab and ask a tutor to help you.
C) Put away your graded papers without looking at them.

Question 15

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer. An error you make two, three, or more times is called a(n)

A) proofreading strategy.
B) error pattern.
C) correction.

Question 16

Instructions: Select True if the statement is true or False if the statement is false.
Double-spacing between sentences can make errors easier to spot.

Question 17

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer. Slowly reading your revised paragraph or essay in order to find and correct any errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling is called

A) proofreading.
B) studying.
C) revising.

Question 18

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer. Proofreading is most effective when you

A) read your paper silently to yourself.
B) read your paper aloud or have someone else read it aloud to you.
C) wait until about two minutes before you have to turn it in, and then it read it over quickly.

Question 19

Instructions: Select True if the statement is true or False if the statement is false.
People who proofread a paper on a computer screen tend to miss more errors.

Question 20

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer. Proofreading is most effective when you do it

A) immediately after completing the first draft of your paper.
B) when you're tired.
C) in a quiet place where you won't be distracted.

Question 21

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer. Proofreading strategies are techniques for

A) collecting errors.
B) spotting errors.
C) understanding errors.

Question 22

Instructions: Select True if the statement is true or False if the statement is false.
The "bottoms up" proofreading technique involves reading a paper one sentence at a time, from the beginning to the end.

Question 23

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer. A personal error patterns chart should include

A) the strategy you used to find each error.
B) your score on the textbook exercise related to each error.
C) your correction of each error.