DOL: Daily Oral Language DOA: Daily Oral Analogy

DOL

Proofreading Symbols

Use your Editing Marks worksheet to help you when you make corrections

Tips for DOL

Nouns such as mother, father, mom, dad, grandfather, grandmother, aunt, and uncle are capitalized when they are used as names.

If you can substitute a name for the noun, then it should be capitalized.

Example: Yesterday Mother went to the store.Yesterday Thomas went to the store.

If you cannot substitute a name, then do not capitalize the noun.

I believe that his dad is at home. I believe that his Thomas is at home.

To Comma or not to Comma???

Appositives-a word or phrase placed immediately after a noun or pronoun to identify it or to explain it further.

Nonrestrictive appositives

A nonrestrictive appositive is one that does not restrict or limit what it modifies. Its information is interesting but not essential. USE COMMAS to set off the appositive.

Example: Frank Lloyd Wright, a famous architect, built a home in Wisconsin.

Restrictive appositives A restrictive appositive is one that

restricts or limits a noun. It is necessary to the meaning of the sentence. Do not use commas to set off appositive.

Example: Her cousin Betty is tall. (without the appositive Betty, we do

not know which cousin is being named.)

Quotations

Periods and commas used at the ends of quotations are always placed inside the quotation marks.

Question marks and exclamation marks are placed inside quotation marks if they belong to the quote.

Quotations examples Mr. Jones said, “Please turn in your

papers.”

“I had a busy day,” answered Jason.

“Will you call me soon?” asked Anne.

“That ball is mine!” Sam yelled.

Morning and night A.M. and P.M. should be uppercase rather

than lowercase.

Compass directions are also capitalized when they refer to specific sections of the country.

(Example: the Northwest, the East)

Directions are not capitalized. (Example: heading north, west of the school)

Titles

enclosed in quotation marks: short works such as…

Short storiesEssaysPoems songsEpisodes of television seriesArticles

Titles Underline

Books (including novels)Newspaper Long poemsPlaysGovernment publicationsMagazineJournalsMovies

DOL

You will correct all mistakes (punctuation, grammar, spelling, etc.) in sentences.

Remember to proofread your corrections to ensure that you have found all the errors.

Use editing marks to correct errors in mechanics.

DOA

AnalogyAn analogy is an expression of relationship. It is a proportional statement in which the relationship between two things is likened to the relationship between two other.

Tips for DOA

The key is to determine the relationship of the first pair of words and then find a second pair of words that has the same relationship.

For example:

in: out:: hot:_____

(“in” is to “out” as “hot” is to “___”?)Since “out” is the opposite of “in” the

answer is “cold,” which is the opposite of “hot.”

Analogy example

For example: Shoe: foot:: ______: head

Shoe is to foot as ____ is to head.

Shoe is to foot as hat is to head.

Common Types Antonyms Synonyms Object-Action Part-Whole Use Cause-Effect Numerical

Relationship

Degree Object-Description Grammar Place Object-Class Member-Group Object-User Sequence

DOA

Make sure you use a dictionary to look up words that you do not know!