Revising+and+Editing

__**REVISING**__: You will participate in a peer review as one step in the Revising process. Here is the handout that you will use to review each other's rough drafts:

Your //Writer's Choice// book also outlines the following points to consider as you revise (p 345):

Content and Organization:

 * Does the thesis statement reflect the paper's main idea?
 * In what ways could you better ofanize major ideas?
 * What irrelevant or repetitious ideas could you delete?
 * Which of your main paoints could be better supported?
 * How could you strengthen transitions between ideas and paragraphs?

Style:

 * Have you varied your sentence structures and used lively verbs?
 * Have you avoided vocabulary that you don't really understand?

Usage:

 * Have you defined technical terms that will be unfamiliar to readers?
 * For which frequently used words can you substitute synonyms?

Documentation:

 * Have you cited your sources correctly in the body of your paper?
 * Is you list of works cited accurate, complete, and properly formatted?

__**EDITING:**__ Your //Writer's Choic//e book instructs you to carefully proofread your paper for grammatical and spelling errors. You should also use the following check list to help you (p 348):


 * Read your paper from beginning to end, checking to be sure that no information has been omitted or put in the wrong order.
 * Read your paper once just for errors in grammar and usage. Make sure that pronoun references are clear and correct.

** Think About It... **

How will I judge the effectiveness of my paper? How well did I meet the requirements of the information problem? How can I do things better?

Eisenberg, Michael. "A Big 6 Skills Overview." Big 6 Information and Technology Skills. 19 Nov 2001. Retrieved 15 Dec 2010. .