Writing Unit 2B 8th Grade Review

What is the BEST way for Marco to revise sentences 1 and 2?

(1) Stanley Lieber became the famous comic book writer Stan Lee. (2) Born in New York City in 1922.

Which revision corrects an error in sentence 7?

(7) Lee’s first writing assignment was on a Captain America comic book in which he made Captain America threw his shield so it returned to him like a boomerang.

What is the BEST way to revise sentence 15?

(15) In the late 1990s when Lee was well into his 70s he started turning Marvel comics into movies with his own company.

Marco wants to add a word or phrase to the beginning of sentence 17 to improve the transition from sentence 16. Which of the following would be the BEST choice?

(16) His first movies, X-Men and Spider-Man, were very popular and made lots of money. (17) He helped create Daredevil, Hulk, and Iron Man.

Which revision corrects the error in sentence 19?

(19) Lee, even though he was not an actor, make brief appearances in many Marvel movies.

What prepositional phrase could Marco add to the beginning of sentence 20?

(20) Stan Lee was married to his wife Joan from 1947 until her death in 2017.