Dual Credit English IV Summer Reading Eats Shoots and Leaves by

Dual Credit English IV Summer Reading
Eats Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss.
Use a notebook to keep your assignments organized and together.
Assignment 1 – Find five (5) examples of the misuse of punctuation like the ones described by
Lynne Truss. Describe where the mistake is located, what the mistake is, and how the mistake
should be corrected. You can include photographs if you are able.
Assignment 2 – Write or type a page explaining how you feel about punctuation. Do you notice
other people’s mistakes? If you do, what do you do about them? Do you point them out,
correct them, ignore them…? How do you feel about Lynn Truss’s attitude towards
punctuation?
Assignment 3 – Answer the following questions:
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Who is the APS?
What is punctuation?
To what does Truss attribute the ignorant use of punctuation?
Why did Truss write this book?
List all the uses for the apostrophe.
What is a “stop” and what is it used for?
Who is Aldus Manutius and why are they significant?
What is the difference between, “No dogs please,” “No, dogs please,” and “No dogs,
please.”
9. What is an “Oxford comma”?
Assignment 4
Dedicate one page for each of the following punctuation marks. Define and list the appropriate
uses for each mark: The comma, the apostrophe, the semicolon, the colon, the dash, and the
quotation mark.
Assignment 5 – Re-write the following using correct punctuation:
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Martin do you like Lynns sister Charles sister or Jesus sister
Its been itching for its dinner since six fifteen
Albert said Tom told me Sally is going to Paris France.
I received straight As for my knowledge of the 70s 80s and 90s.
All Dual Credit English IV students need to obtain this book
to participate in English 1301 Composition 1 classes. There
are no copies from the school that can be loaned out. One
can find it online, new or used, for prices ranging from $34
to $65.
The Bedford Book of Genres by Amy Braziller and Elizabeth
Kleinfeld.