Sentences

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Day 1
“The masque of the red death” is a allegory.
In a allegory characters, settings and events have symbolic meanings.
Capitalize important words in a title
Use a comma after an introductory prepositional phrase
Correct indefinite article
Correct indefinite article
Day 1
“The Masque of the Red Death” is an allegory.
Capitalize important words in a title
Correct indefinite article
In an allegory, characters, settings and events have symbolic meanings.
Correct indefinite article
Use a comma after an introductory prepositional phrase
Day 2
The setting for “The Masque of the Red Death” is Prince Prosperos abbey.
The abbey has lofty walls, rooms decorated in blue, purple, green, orange,
white, violet and black, and castle like towers.
In a series that has commas, use semi-colons between the major parts of the l
Use a hyphen in a compound adjective
Use of an apostrophe to show possession
Day 2
The setting for “The Masque of the Red Death” is Prince Prospero’s abbey.
Use an apostrophe to show possession
The abbey has lofty walls; rooms decorated in blue, purple, green, orange,
white, violet and black; and castle-like towers.
In a series that has commas, use semi-colons between the major
parts of the list
Use a hyphen in a compound adjective
Day 3
The sickness called the Red Death is a horrible illness that kills its victims
within half an hour.
Eliminate redundancy (repeating information)
And to avoid the illness, Prospero goes into seclusion with his freinds.
Do not begin sentences with and in formal writing
i before e except after c...
Day 3
_____________
the sickness called
The Red Death is a horrible illness that kills its victims within half an hour.
Eliminate redundancy (repeating information)
____
And
To avoid the illness, Porspero goes into seclusion with his friends.
Do not begin sentences with and in formal writing
i before e except after c…
Day 4
One day prince Prospero makes a decision. He decides to hold a ball. It will
be a masked ball.
The Red Death is a topic of discussion between the many guests.
Capitalize the title before a person’s name
Combine a series of choppy simple sentences
Use between for two and among for more than two
Day 4
One day Prince Prospero decides to hold a masked ball.
Capitalize the title before a person’s name
Combine a series of choppy simple sentences
The Red Death is a topic of discussion among the many guests.
Use between for two and among for more than two
Day 5
Irregardless of Prospero’s precautions Red Death enters the abbey.
The story ends with the words Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.
Use quotation marks around direct quotations (someone’s exact words)
Irregardless should be regardless
Use comma after introductory phrase
Day 5
Regardless of Prospero’s precautions, Red Death enters the abbey.
Irregardless should be regardless
Use of comma after an introductory phrase
The story ends with the words “Red Death held illimitable dominion over
all.”
Use quotation marks around direct quotations (someone’s exact
words)
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