Content Editing and Copyediting

• When I read this story, I wonder:
• How do people get depression? Is it genetic or an emotional thing?
• After reading this story, I still want to know:
• Are there any other problems when depression appears?
• I felt confused when I read (explain why):
• None, it was thoughtful and easy to understand when I read it.
• I needed to look up the following things to understand them:
• There are some organizations that I've never heard of so I want to do some research of them.
• I learned the following things from this story:
• Certain facts on depression
• Depression  is a bad thing to have
• A hotline to where I could call if I would ever get diagnose with Depression
• My favorite part of this story was:
• “If you feel that you may be depressed or that your teen may be depressed, I urge you to get help and get educated. For the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, please call 1-800-273-8255.”
• I like how you put some information so others can help their friends or themselves.
• This story seems to express (opinion or no opinion):
• No opinion, just info on the topic at hand.
• The following lines may contain errors in grammar (be specific):
• None
• The following lines may contain errors in spelling (be specific):
• Hashtag- needs to have a – in between the word
• Instagram- if it is a sight, you need to add the .com or .net thing
• The following lines may contain errors in punctuation (be specific):
• None
• The following lines may contain errors in style (be specific):
• None
• The following lines may suggest opinion, bias, or prejudice (be specific):
• None
• Include a closing paragraph of thoughts below that includes two questions, two compliments, and two suggestions for how to improve.
• How do people get depression? Are there any other problems when depression appears?
• The essay is good; there are no errors in the essay. As well as no, opinion, bias, or prejudice against anyone or anything for that matter.
• I really can’t say anything to improve on it but that you should use other words that are more colorful and not use too many of the same words over and over.

Reflective:

Working with Caridad was great, even though I found a lot of mistakes with my essay he pointed them out and I was able to make a way better essay then the first one. I found where my weak points stood in my writing as well as the errors that I needed to correct. Additionally, reading Caridad’s news story was remarkable because he is a wonderful writer; his news story pertaining to Depression is absorbing and captivating.  All in all, I have gained much knowledge about Caridad’s news story, while completing this assignment; I attained several writing skills and am able to better understand where my weakness is so that I can work on them.