Step by Step Revisions Group Revis ions Step

Step by Step Revisions Group Revis ions

Step by Step Revision 0 You will need: 0 Highlighter 0 Colored pen 0 Pull out your typed rough draft 0 Show it to teacher for credit 0 Pass it to the person on your left 0 This may be across from you

Revise for Unity 0 Label the grabber/opening sentence 0 If you don’t see one, write a note on the paper 0 Highlight each main idea sentence (baby thesis) in each body paragraph 0 Do the sentences all fit with the main idea sentence? 0 Clincher – Underline the sentence in the final paragraph that brings the paper to a meaningful close.

Revise for Coherence 0 Use a colored pen or highlight for this section 0 Put an “X” on the pronoun “you” or “your” 0 Put an “X” on the pronoun “I, ” “me, ” “our” 0 Avoid second person – Should not be directed to the reader. 0 Should be written in 3 rd person.

Revise Sentences 0 Circle the first word of each sentence. 0 NO TWO SENTENCES SHOULD START WITH THE SAME WORD (in a paragraph) 0 Vary sentence beginning 0 0 Single word modifiers (adjectives/adverbs) Transitional expression Phrase Subordinate clause 0 Vary sentence length 0 Count the number of simple, compound, complex and compound-complex 0 Write the number on the top of the paper

Revise for Diction (Word Choice) 0 Are there internal citations in the paper? 0 Highlight them. 0 Highlight all “be” verbs 0 Am, is, are, was, were, been, being 0 When you get your paper back, remove all “be” verbs but one per paragraph 0 Circle the words 0 Like, good, nice, get, got, very, really, and a lot 0 Box contractions, slang, and anything else that detracts from a formal tone