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Revising and Editing Your Paper

This document discusses the importance of revising writing and provides tips for doing so effectively. It distinguishes revision from proofreading or editing. Revision involves improving the overall development of the essay, strengthening paragraph structure and development, and sharpening sentences and words. When revising, writers should apply the "FACT" approach to check if the whole essay fits together, add details, cut unnecessary content, and test the organization. A checklist is also provided to guide revision at the paragraph level.

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Revising and Editing Your Paper

This document discusses the importance of revising writing and provides tips for doing so effectively. It distinguishes revision from proofreading or editing. Revision involves improving the overall development of the essay, strengthening paragraph structure and development, and sharpening sentences and words. When revising, writers should apply the "FACT" approach to check if the whole essay fits together, add details, cut unnecessary content, and test the organization. A checklist is also provided to guide revision at the paragraph level.

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REVISING AND

EDITING YOUR
PAPER
Good writers don’t express
themselves perfectly on the
first try, but they do work hard
at revising their initial efforts.
REVISION
VS.
PROOFREADING OR EDITING
1. Preparing to REVISE.
3 REASONS for revisions:
3 REASONS for revisions:

1. To IMPROVE the
development of the essay as a
whole.
3 REASONS for revisions:

2. To STRENGTHEN paragraph
structures and development
3 REASONS for revisions:

3. To SHARPEN sentences and


words
F
A
C
T
F – Does the whole essay FIT together?
A
C
T
F – Does the whole essay FIT together?
A – ADD appropriate details.
C
T
F – Does the whole essay FIT together?
A – ADD appropriate details.
C – CUT away.
T
F – Does the whole essay FIT together?
A – ADD appropriate details.
C – CUT away.
T – TEST the organization of your essay.
APPLY the FACT approach.
CHECKLIST:
1. Does the paragraph have one, and only
one, central idea?
2. Does the central idea help to develop
the thesis statement.
3. Does each statement within the
paragraph help to develop the central
idea?
CHECKLIST:
4. Does the paragraph need additional
explanations, examples, or supporting
details?
5. Would cutting some material make the
paragraph stronger.
6. Would reorganization make the ideas
easier to follow?
CHECKLIST:
7. Can the connections between
successive sentences be improved?
8. Is each paragraph clearly and smoothly
related to those that precede and follow
it.
2. PROOFREADING your draft.
Grammars, punctuation, and
spelling.

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