PPT-Revising Your Essay

Part of Gavilan Writing Centers Portfolio Series Practical Steps to Successfully Revising Your Essay Start with the big concerns And Then Worry About Editing Switch from WriterCentered to ReaderCentered. By: Jennifer, . Malik. , Tony. Literary Terms. Authors purpose. Diction. Imagery. Characterization. Setting. Symbolism. Examples of Prompts. 1975..  Although literary critics have tended to praise the unique in literary characterizations, many authors have employed the stereotyped character successfully. Select one work of acknowledged literary merit and in a well-written essay, show how the conventional or stereotyped character or characters function to achieve the author’s purpose. . Ben Airth, CSI Program Manager. California Center for Sustainable Energy. Revising CSI Cost Data Reporting. 2. Since program inception, the CSI Program has looked at cost data via $/Watt. CSI Residential Third Party Owned Systems. Professional Development. Literacy Design Collaborative. Workshop Objectives. Review the LDC framework and explain how editing and revising are essential skills in the writing process.. Present the best practices for teaching . Dead Words, Transitions and Comma Splices. Eliminating Dead Words. The following . Dead Words . need to be eliminated from your writing. :. HIGHLIGHT . or CIRCLE them so you know you have to replace the word. Day 1. Day 2 student and partner are peer revising.. Day 3 student is revising their own story.. Revising . Read what you have written again.. Think . about what others said about it.. Rearrange . words or sentences.. Why a persuasive . essay?. This year we have explored . the concepts of storytelling, truth and heroes. The movie, . Big Fish. , also explores the concepts of . storytelling and the . differences between truth and fantasy and heroes. . Marc I. Rosen, M.D.. Most Successful Grants are Revise and Resubmits. Initial. or Revised?. Number Applications. Success. Rate. Initial Submission. 19,259. 8.6%. Revise and Resubmit. 5,373. 37.2%. The Tempest. is primarily a play about the lengths to which men will go to secure power for themselves.. By exploring Shakespeare’s presentation of power, evaluate this view of . The Tempest.. In other words, your AO2 (analysis) and AO1 (argument) are the most important factors. However, you still need to make regular and pertinent links to AO5 (different interpretations) and AO3 (contexts). . Here are some examples that you may use: . Should school uniforms be enforced everywhere? . Should . men get paternity leave from work. ? . Are . we too dependent on computers. ?. . Should animals be used for research. Writing for AP Government is different than writing for AP US or AP Euro.. It is actually a free response question, or FRQ, and not an essay- this means that you do not write an introduction or conclusion- you are not making an argument- but instead you just simply answer the question- hence the ‘free’ ‘response’ part of FRQ.. Eliminate flabby expressions.. Revising Tips. Wordy. Concise. at this point in time. now. due to the fact that. because. in very few cases. seldom. despite the fact that. although. feel free to. please. Revising. Revising. is finding & correcting problems with . content. ; changing the ideas in your writing to make them clearer, stronger, and more convincing.. Revising looks at the “Big Picture”—the Idea level.. Topic Sentences. Does each topic sentence raise one separate and distinct thesis point?. Is each topic sentence clearly linked to the thesis with a reference to the general subject or to your attitude about the subject?. The purpose of the expository essay is to explain a topic in a logical and straightforward manner. Without bells and whistles, expository essays present a fair and balanced analysis of a subject based on facts—with no references to the writer’s opinions or emotions..