Rhetorical Accurate Verbs handout
You can also find a helpful list on page 18 of your Course Reader)
Purdue's Online Writing Lab - easily one of the best collections of resources for teaching writing. See the main site, materials for non-Purdue
instructors and their big list of handouts.Writing Resources page and the main writing page from the Colorado State University Writing Center. Writing guides, activities, links, exercises (you must sign up for this) and handouts.
From Weinstein, Larry (2001). Writing at the Threshold (56 ways to prepare high school and college students to think and write at the college level). Urbana, IL: NCTE, p. 78.
Error
To find explanations/definitions of each of these errors, and advice on how to fix them, see the following 3 sites (you can enter the name of the error from the list above in the search field on the site). All 3 sites are extremely useful for grammar and mechanics, as well as for many other aspects of writing.
1. Missing comma after an introductory element
3. Missing comma in a compound sentence
5. Missing comma(s) with a nonrestrictive element
6. Wrong or missing verb ending
7. Wrong or missing preposition
9. Missing or misplaced possessive apostrophe
10. Unnecessary shift in tense
11. Unnecessary shift in pronoun
14. Lack of subject-verb agreement
16. Lack of agreement between pronoun and antecedent
17. Unnecessary comma(s) with a restrictive element
19. Misplaced or dangling modifier