Good Writing Students have different learning

techniques since some are

6 writing traits visual learners while others are
auditory
1) Conventions
2) Word Choice
3) Sentence Fluency Run on
4) Organization - An error that occurs when two
5) Ideas sentences (independent clauses) are
6) Voice joined without punctuation

I. Conventions Comma Splice

a. Grammar - An error that occurs when two

b. Punctuation
c. Spelling
Solutions
A. Grammar
Ex. Educators are the torch
bearers of knowledge they
hone the future breed of
professionals.
(Future breed of professionals
are honed by educators who
are the torch bearers of
knowledge.)
Educators are the torch bearers
of knowledge, for they hone
the future breed of
professionals.
Ex. Students have different
learning techniques; some are
visual learners while others are
auditory
(Learning techniques are
different for every student; they
can be visual learners or
auditory.)
sentences are joined by a comma
Make two complete sentences
Use a semicolon
Use a comma and a coordinating
conjunction(FANBOYS) for, or, nor,
but ,and ,yet,so (proceed with comma)
Use a subordinating conjunction (since,
then)
Ex. Thirty out of the sixty-seven
examinees from the University of San
Carlos in the recent Licensure
Examination for teachers (LET).
(There are thirty out of the sixty-seven
examinees from the University of San
Carlos who passed in the recent
Licensure Examination for teachers
(LET).)
Thirty out of the sixty-seven examinees
from the University of San Carlos in the
recent passed the Licensure
Examination for teachers (LET).
 Ex. Prepared all one hundred multiple
choice and essay questions for the
upcoming Pre-Midterm Examinations
on December 3, 2014
(I prepared all one hundred multiple
choice and essay questions for the
upcoming Pre-Midterm Examinations
on December 3, 2014)
Fragments
(not a sentence)
An incomplete sentence
Absence of the different parts of speech and
other function words
Either a subject or a verb is missing or may also
be a case where it is only a dependent clause
Solution
Supply whatever is missing in the sentence
Ex. The hikers walked to the fireplace. Then he
circles twice and sit in front of the fire.
The hikers walked to the fireplace. Then they
circled twice and sat in front of the fire.
Illogical Shifts
Occurs when a writer changes tenses, person
number, or voice for no good/ valid reason
Solution
Make the verbs/number/tense/voice parallel or
restructure them in the same manner
Ex. Student-teachers prepare lesson plans,
discuss assigned topics, and the computation of
the students’ grades.
(Student-teachers prepare lesson plans, discuss
assigned topics, and compute students’ grades.
Parallelism
Is observed when two or more equal ideas are
expressed in parallel, or matching, form
Solution
Restructure the items in the sentence in the
same manner or way or format
Ex. At the wedding, she danced with the groom
in a beautiful white gown.
(In a beautiful white gown, she danced with the
groom at their wedding. )
(She danced with the groom in a beautiful white
gown, at the wedding.)
At the wedding, the bride in the beautiful white
gown danced with the groom
Misplaced Modifier
Modifier that has no clear relationship to the
word it modifies because it is too far from it
thus causing confusion
Modifier is in the wrong place or attached to
the wrong word
Solution
Place the modifier beside the word being
described or modified
Ex. Standing by the window, the fragrance of
the flowers were smelled
(As I stand by the window, I smelled the
fragrance of the flowers)
Dangling Modifier

A supposedly phrasal modifier that starts a

sentence but modifies nothing in the statement

“DANGLES” when it cannot logically describe

any word/word group in the sentence