Day 1
The Roaring Twenties were a peculiar period in history. There
were sharp contrasts between conformity and rebellion.
In spite of the fact that there were major labor strikes, many
Americans paid little attention to the country's horrible conditions.
Revision of wordy sentence
Use of subordinating conjunction to combine
sentences
Subject and verb
agreement
Day 1
The Roaring Twenties was a peculiar period in history because
there were sharp contrasts between conformity and rebellion.
Subject and verb agreement
Use of subordinating conjunction to combine sentences
Though there were major labor strikes, many Americans paid little
attention to the country's horrible conditions.
Revision of wordy sentence
Day 2
When the so-called "Jazz Age" begun, there was great prosperity
because prices and taxes were low.
The average American family could afford an automobile. In fact,
more than 23,000,000 people driving by 1929.
Use of numerals and words for round numbers ending in
millionsCorrect past form of irregular verb
Correction of sentence
fragment
Day 2
When the so-called "Jazz Age" began, there was great prosperity
because prices and taxes were low.
Correct past form of irregular verb
The average American family could afford an automobile. In fact,
more than 23 million people were driving by 1929.
Correction of sentence fragment
Use of numerals and words for round numbers ending in
millions
Day 3
Three of today's major periodicals first appeared in the twenties
Reader's Digest (1922), Time (1925), and The New Yorker (1925).
Tabloid newspapers flourished; these were characterized by an
abundance of photographs, a minimum of news material, and they
focused on violence.
Elimination of faulty parallel
structure
Use
of underlining or italics with titles of newspaper or
Use of colon before a
magazine
list
Day 3
Three of today's major periodicals first appeared in the twenties:
Reader's Digest (1922), Time (1925), and The New Yorker (1925).
Use of colon before a list
Use of underlining or italics with titles of newspaper or
magazine
Tabloid newspapers flourished; these were characterized by an
abundance of photographs, a minimum of news material, and a
focus on violence.
Elimination of faulty parallel structure
Day 4
When Jerome Kern met Oscar Hammerstein II, he knew they could
make beautiful music together.
In
fact, they went on to create the musical classic Show boat in
1927.
Capitalization of important words in
Use of underlining or italics with title of long musical
title
works
Correction of unclear pronoun
reference
Day 4
When Jerome Kern met Oscar Hammerstein II, Kern knew they
could make beautiful music together.
Correction of unclear pronoun reference
In fact, they went on to create the musical classic Show Boat in
1927.
Use of underlining or italics with title of long musical works
Capitalization of important words in title
Day 5
October 1929 marked the end of the jazz age and the beginning of
the great depression
Playwright Marc Connelly described what was happening with these
words: "Everything nailed down is comin loose".
Correct placement of period with quotation
marks of name of historical
Capitalization
eventsUse of apostrophe to show omitted
letter
Day 5
October 1929 marked the end of the Jazz Age and the
beginning of the Great Depression.
Capitalization of name of historical events
Playwright Mark Connelly described what was happening with
these words: "Everything nailed down is comin' loose."
Use of apostrophe to show omitted letter
Correct placement of period with quotation marks