Today you will:
1. Its Revision time!
Now you are proberly thinking....Why revise? Well
Revision allows you to re-see your piece of writing in order to:
- Fulfill your purpose
- Review your focus
- Address your audience
- Generate additional ideas and information
- Omit what is not necessary
2. Now it is time to take a look at what your peer suggested to make your paper more refined.
Remember this is your paper and you don't have to take everything they said, use the above as a guideline for you.
3. Tips for Revising your paper.
- Give yourself plenty of time to revise; set a special amount of time aside just for revision
- Stay flexible with your writing; be ready to change anything at any time
- Read the paper out loud and listen to it; read it into a tape recorder or to a friend
- Read through your paper focusing on one thing at a time:
- Read for content
- Read for organization
- Read for expressions
4. Reading for Content (questions to consider)
- Do you have a clear thesis that accurately presents your focus?
- Are your points appropriate for your audience and purpose?
- Does your conclusion wrap up all your points effectively?
5. Reading for Organization (questions to consider)
- Do your ideas follow logically from one to the next?
- Do your paragraphs follow logically from one to the next?
- Do you transition smoothly between paragraphs relating your ideas to each other?
6. Reading for Expression (questions to consider)
- Do you overuse any particular words?
- Have you avoided wordiness?
- Have you eliminated clichés?
- Do you vary your sentence structure?
7. More tips for Revision
- Questions to ask while revising
- Have I met the requirements of the assignments?
- Did I focus on what I intended?
- Have I achieved my purpose?
- Have I written the paper so that audience and understands my purpose?
- What is the main idea?
- Have I answered important questions about the main idea?
- Have I explored the subject fully?
Happy Revision DAY!! STUDENTS
Remember if you have question you can reach me VIA Google hangouts. IT comes right to my phone and I can help you. BUT DON'T TEXT ME AFTER 10 PM! :)
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