Week 4: Marking Paper Copy

Marking Paper Copy calls for specific symbols.  This is when you are editing writing that appears on an actual page.

Review the website: “Copyediting Marks”: https://www.csuchico.edu/style-guide/guidelines/copy-editing-marks.shtml

Review the document: ProofreadSymbols

Review the document: NOTES-editing marks 2pg copy

Review the document: proofreaders

View the Video: “Top 5 Tips for Editing”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_38VIh3V0s

Next: Go into Blackboard, Week 4, and complete two assignments. One is a practice assignment.  If you have a printer available, you can print and mark the copy and upload it.  If not, just write the ways you would edit the sentences by indicating what symbol you would use to edit the sentence.

For the second assignment, do research on the roles of editor.  Define the editing roles of the following:

  • Proofreader
  • Production Editor
  • Copy Editor
  • Literary Editor
  • Developmental Editor
  • Technical Editor

Devote a paragraph for each. More specifics regarding this assignment can be found on the Assignment tab, or here.