Directions: Decide whether the punctuation is correct or incorrect at each numbered point in the
following paragraph. Then place a check in the proper column.

1. When a writer begins a story he must start
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2. the pages smoking right away not bore the
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3. the reader with verbiage about setting
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4. characterization, and theme. The
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5. author must present a protagonist, and
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6. an antagonist and he must also give
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7. them a cause worth arguing over. The
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8. complication, a series of battles the
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9. protagonist always loses, comes next
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10. just before the crisis, to end all crises. The climax is
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11. the long-awaited, conclusive, high point of the tale.
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12. there cannot be art without form, and there
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cannot be form without careful studied, businesslike
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13. craft. Any writer, who believes art flows
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14. from emotion alone, is not likely to write
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15. the kind of disciplined, organized short
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16. story, that reflects the real world.
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