Anker Susan. Real Essays with Readings with 2009 MLA Update
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13 Strategy guides have been popular with gamers for several years; the guide authors often
do not share in this popularity. 14 One author explains that his publisher sometimes asks him to
sign the strategy guides he wrote at trade shows. 15 The problem is that some people who buy
the guide there specifi cally ask him not to sign it. 16 He says he’s cool with that, working on the
guides is its own reward.
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1 Nobody want to go through life frightened that criminals might be lurking around every
corner. 2 But criminals do exist, and it makes sense to take precautions to avoid being victimized.
3 There are prudent measures that you can work into you’re everyday routines that can help
prevent you from becoming a victim to some common scams.
4 First of all, don’t give out fi nancial information, such as your bank account or Social
Security number, to anyone who you didn’t know and trust. 5 It is surprisingly easy to create
a fake Social Security card and then a fake birth certifi cate to go with it. 6 Using these fake
documents, the local motor vehicle department will issue a new driver’s license with your name
and the criminal’s photo.
7 You’ve probably heard of some of the standard e-mail scams, one of which involves a
so-called deposed Nigerian leader who offers to pay you a substantial sum if you help him transfer
his fortune out of his country. 8 Many of these scams use the same trick to get people to beleive the
sender is honest, the criminal will send a postdated check for a share in the fortune in return for a
check from the victim that is allegedly necessary to unfreeze the funds. 9 Needless to say, the crimi-
nal’s checks always bounce. 10 If you receive e-mail solicitations of any kind, don’t play with fi re.
Editing Review Test 5
The Four Most Serious Errors (Chapters 22–26);
Other Grammar Concerns (Chapters 27–33);
Word Use (Chapters 34–36)
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11 Do thorough background checks on the sender before sending any money or information.
12 In addition, when its time to discard your old computer, remove the hard drive fi rst to prevent
thieves from recovering any vital data.
13 On the positive side, you can relax a bit about your household trash. 14 Most identity
theft cases they do not start with scammers rummaging through trash. 15 Instead, scammers use
computer spyware or steal outgoing mail because they fi nd these methods more easy.
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Two run-ons
One subject-verb agreement error
One parallelism error
Two commonly confused
words errors
One use of inappropriately informal
or casual language
One verb problem
One pronoun error
Two spelling errors
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Editing Review Test 6
The Four Most Serious Errors (Chapters 22–26);
Other Grammar Concerns (Chapters 27–33);
Word Use (Chapters 34–36)
1 Eastern Egg Rock, a remote, treeless island off the coast of southern Maine, was for
much of the twentieth century inhabited by a huge population of gulls. 2 By the mid-1980s, the
gulls have been the dominant bird species they’re for about a hundred years. 3 But before that,
the island was primarily the home of arctic terns and puffi ns. 4 By the late nineteenth century,
hunting had reduced the tern and puffi n populations to nonviable levels, the gulls had taken over.
5 In 1973, the National Audubon Society decided to launch an experiment to try to bring puffi ns
and terns back to Eastern Egg Rock. 6 Since then, Project Puffi n has proven so sucessful that
biologists from all over the world now come to check it out.
7 The Audubon’s team focused on restoring the nesting enviroment and to control predators.
8 The team moved puffi n chicks from successful colonies in Newfoundland too carefully built
burrows and fed them by hand. 9 Decoys and recorded calls helped to attract puffi ns and terns
to the nests. 10 Team members stayed on the island during every breeding season. 11 The large
gulls don’t like to nest around people this helped prevent them from returning. 12 There are
now seventy pairs of breeding puffi ns on Eastern Egg Rock. 13 In addition, there are sizable
populations of terns, storm petrels, and black guillemots.
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14 Birdlife conservation efforts like Project Puffi n seems to be having a signifi cant effect
worldwide. 15 A recent study found that, in the last century, thirty-one species of birds were
saved from extinction due to conservation programs.
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1 Todays young people, like young people of all Generations, spend its time differently
from the way their parents spent it. 2 One example of this is a phenomenon called ‘multitasking.’
3 When having a conversation, some teenagers and young adults commonly had given assurances
that they are truly paying attention despite the music they are hearing through their headphones.
4 For many, doing homework is now combined with instant messaging, talking over a cell phone,
browsing through an online social network, returning e-mails, watching television, and, of course,
listening to music.
5 Doing more than one thing simultaneous is nothing new for human beings parents have
always been able to prepare meals while keeping an eye on their babies. 6 Ever since radio became
commonplace in the 1930s, people have worked or played while listening. 7 But as our capacity
for interpersonal connectivity has expanded, with the invention of each knew electronic device, the
speed and complexity of multitasking has risen dramatically. 8 In the 1980s, many young people
would have said that their most important possession was a so-called boom box — a portable
Editing Review Test 7
The Four Most Serious Errors (Chapters 22–26);
Other Grammar Concerns (Chapters 27–33);
Word Use (Chapters 34–36); Punctuation and
Capitalization (Chapters 37–41)
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stereo system. 9 Today, the most favored device by far is the computer. 10 This is because the
computer provides not only a radio and CD/DVD player but also instant messaging, Internet
searches; movies, e-mail, games, and social networking.
11 Is all this a good thing? 12 Studies have indicated that the quality of what people
produce and the depth of their thinking diminishes as they focus on increasing numbers
of tasks. 13 Other research shows that people who try to do two or more tasks simultaneously
take longer to accomplish their tasks than if they had done them one at a time.
14 Nevertheless,
young peoples’ multitasking seems to be here to stay, and it may be only in its infancy.
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1 Some parents buy turtles for their children to keep as pets, but, apart from that, most adults
probably don’t think about them at all. 2 Yet, these slow clumsy creatures possess two remarkable
qualities that many people love to have. 3 Turtles are indestructible, and they can nearly live
for Centuries.
4 Most people attribute turtles’ sturdiness to their tough shells, but turtles are tough in
other important ways as well.
5 A turtle can go without food or liquid for months at a time.
6 It’s heart doesn’t need to beat constantly, so a turtle can virtually turn it on (or off) whenever
it wants, turtles are built to survive through fl oods, heat waves, famines, ice ages, and predators’
attacks.
7 In March, 2006, a 250 year old turtle died in a zoo in Calcutta. 8 Scientists have recently
discovered that, unlike nearly every other animal studied, a turtles organs resist breaking down or
Editing Review Test 8
The Four Most Serious Errors (Chapters 22–26);
Other Grammar Concerns (Chapters 27–33);
Word Use (Chapters 34–36); Punctuation and
Capitalization (Chapters 37–41)
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becoming less effi cient over time. 9 A turtle that is over 100-years-old can have a liver, lungs, and
kidneys that are nearly identical to those of a turtle in its teens.
10 Although turtles resist disease and predators extremely good, many turtle populations
are now facing dire threats they have never had to deal with before; threats from humans.
11 Every year, zillions of turtles are killed by automobiles on new roads built across turtles’
migrational pathways. 12 People are also steadily iliminating habitats on which turtles depend
and, in some areas, hunting them nearly to extinction in order to sell their valuable shells and
meat.
13 The resilient turtle might fi nally have met its match in humans.
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or casual language
1 One of the most common affl ictions people have is an allergy to pets. 2 Some whom are allergic
simply refuse to have pets that can trigger a reaction, these pets include cats, dogs, birds, rabbits,
gerbils, hamsters, and horses. 3 Instead, allergic people may keep pets that do not ordinarily cause
an allergic reaction, such as fi sh, turtles, frogs, and lizards. 4 However, most pet-allergic people
who are ga-ga about pets just go ahead and bring them into their homes anyway. 5 For these pet-
allergic pet lovers, there are some good ways to reduce the allergens in a home to tolerable levels.
6 Allergens are spread from a pets saliva, urine, skin secretions, and dander the dead skin
particles that animals continually shed. 7 These allergens disperse directly into the air. 8 The best
way to minimize pet allergies is to limit where the pet goes in the home.
9 Here is the single most
important rule; no pets in the bedroom. 10 Also, keep pets off of the furniture; instead — get a dog
or cat its own fl oor cushion, and choose a cushion with a washable cover.
11 Rabbits, birds, gerbils,
and hamsters need to be in their cages.
12 Another key is to thoroughly and frequently clean the
Editing Review Test 9
The Four Most Serious Errors (Chapters 22–26);
Other Grammar Concerns (Chapters 27–33);
Word Use (Chapters 34–36); Punctuation and
Capitalization (Chapters 37–41)
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