Editing ppt

Editing ppt

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  EDITING YOUR WRITING Beforeyou print your final essay, read through these slides and check your essay to be sure you have the correct structure and mechanics included.
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  TITLE AND NAME Your title should be centered at the top.  You can enlarge the font and choose a fun lettering.  Write your name centered under the title- always write your FIRST and LAST name. title Your name
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  PARAGRAPH FORMAT  Yourparagraphs should always be indented.  For a final essay, you need to double space.  Highlight the whole essay (not title and name)  Click on the Line Spacing icon  Choose 2.0
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  FONT STYLE  Remember, you may only use the following fonts for final essays:  Arial  Times New Roman  Cambria  Calibri  Comic Sans **** Your font size should be no more than 16 point and no smaller than 12 point.
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  CAPITAL LETTERS  Beginningof every sentence.  All names or people and places. (Proper nouns)  All months, days of the week.  Every time you write I  The first letter of all the words in your title, except little words like a, and, the, and of
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  PUNCTUATION  Periods atthe end of every sentence.  Capital letters in correct places.  Question marks for questions.  “Quotation marks” for dialogue (speaking).
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  SPELLING  If youhave any red lines underlining words, check the spelling.  If it marks a name as spelled incorrectly, you can ignore it.