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. The Graduate Writing Center (GWC). gwc.psu@gmail.com. Nicolette J. . Hylan. Matthew B. Price. Graduate Writing Center. One-on-one consultations. All types of writing, all stages of the process.. Hours for the coming week posted on Friday afternoons at 4 P.M. . 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.. 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%. Review. Take the Personal Learning Checklists and identify your areas of weakness. Identify key case studies that can be used in exam answers for each topic. 2. Revise. Start with the areas of weakness. Use a revision guide, your exercise books and textbooks BUT change the format in which the information is presented. . Seminary Hacks. Overview. Real writing begins not with the first draft of a text, but rather with the successive revisions and rewrites of that draft, each of which clarifies and refines the argument and message. The full set of processes and actions utilized in revision are what creates real writing that is lasting and memorable. . The Graduate Writing Center (GWC). gwc.psu@gmail.com. Nicolette J. . Hylan. Matthew B. Price. Graduate Writing Center. One-on-one consultations. All types of writing, all stages of the process.. Hours for the coming week posted on Friday afternoons at 4 P.M. . 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. Matt Bruining. NC DAP DRE . History…. NC DAP DRE – North Carolina Diagnostic and Placement Developmental Reading & English. The . NC DAP is a custom assessment that aligns directly to the state’s new developmental curricula. . 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.. Revise. vs . . Edit. Remember…this is the basis for understanding the difference between revising & editing.. ARMS. Substitute: . - trade words or . sentences. . . for others . Taking a process approach to writing oftentimes means shifting one’s view of writing; writing is not a task, nor . is it . simply . an activity. Rather, it is a procedure that involves specific phases. .