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1111 S-9 Shifts Edit each sentence that contains an inappropriate shift in TENSE, POINT OF VIEW, or number. If a sentence does not contain an inappropriate shift, write correct after it. Answers to even- numbered items can be found at the back of the book. EXAMPLE 1. In The Twilight Saga high school student Bella Swan moved from Arizona to Washington, where she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire. 2. Readers of the saga may be relieved when they learn that Edward drinks animal blood rather than human blood, but still you must wonder how safe Bella is. 3. Bella and Edward have a daughter who was half vampire and half human. 4. Librarians report that parents and educators have frequently challenged the books, which are most popular among young adults; a librarian routinely keeps careful records of challenges to books. 5. Some adults challenged the series for its explicit sexual scenes and religious viewpoint; others categorized the writing as “abstinence pornography.” 6. Although Stephenie Meyer had originally signed a contract with the publisher for three books, she ends up writing four. 7. The Times of London claimed that the author conveyed well “the teenage feeling of sexual tension and alienation,” but other critics expressed concern over scenes in which Edward abuses Bella. 8. The author maintained that she did not intend an antiwoman message, arguing that Bella was in control and made her own decisions. 9. Meyer noted that her writing was influenced by that of Jane Austen and Emily Brontë, but critics’ opinions of it ranged from “serviceable prose” to “banal mediocrity.” 10. In folklore, vampires are corpses who leave their graves at night to suck the blood of sleeping humans, but the term also applied more generally to unscrupulous people who prey on others. Name: _____________________________________________________ Class/section: ________________________________
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one has When one takes a liking to vampire stories, you have quite a collection of books and movies to
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S-9 Shifts
Edit each sentence that contains an inappropriate shift in TENSE, POINT OF VIEW, or number. If
a sentence does not contain an inappropriate shift, write correct after it. Answers to even-
numbered items can be found at the back of the book.
EXAMPLE
1. In The Twilight Saga high school student Bella Swan moved from Arizona to Washington,
where she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire.
2. Readers of the saga may be relieved when they learn that Edward drinks animal blood
rather than human blood, but still you must wonder how safe Bella is.
3. Bella and Edward have a daughter who was half vampire and half human.
4. Librarians report that parents and educators have frequently challenged the books, which
are most popular among young adults; a librarian routinely keeps careful records of
challenges to books.
5. Some adults challenged the series for its explicit sexual scenes and religious viewpoint;
others categorized the writing as “abstinence pornography.”
6. Although Stephenie Meyer had originally signed a contract with the publisher for three
books, she ends up writing four.
7. The Times of London claimed that the author conveyed well “the teenage feeling of sexual
tension and alienation,” but other critics expressed concern over scenes in which Edward
abuses Bella.
8. The author maintained that she did not intend an antiwoman message, arguing that Bella
was in control and made her own decisions.
9. Meyer noted that her writing was influenced by that of Jane Austen and Emily Brontë, but
critics’ opinions of it ranged from “serviceable prose” to “banal mediocrity.”
10. In folklore, vampires are corpses who leave their graves at night to suck the blood of
sleeping humans, but the term also applied more generally to unscrupulous people who prey
on others.
Name: _____________________________________________________ Class/section: ________________________________
