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R E V I S I O N

T I P S B Y B . S T A L L W O R T H

WHAT

SIMPLE REVISION
TIPS TO SUCCESS

WHERE

RESEARCH
PORTFOLIO
DISSERTATION
AND MORE . . .

RESERVATIONS
SUMMER UWRT 1102

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TIPSONHOWTOREAD
ASA...

WRITER .
READER .
EDITOR .

What is Revision?
Revisionliterallymeanstoseeagain,tolookatsomethingfroma
WEBSOFT
fresh,criticalperspective.Itisanongoingprocessofrethinkingthe
paper:reconsideringyourarguments,reviewingyourevidence,refining
yourpurpose,reorganizingyourpresentation,revivingstaleprose.
Unknown."RevisingDrafts."TheWritingCenterarUNCChapelHill
(n.d.).http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/revisingdrafts/.

Simple Tips

1.Useyourspellcheck,grammarcheck,andcheckyourspacing.
2.Keepyourformatsimple
3.Readyourdraftoutloudonceortwicebeforeyouturnitin.
4.Havesomeoneelsereadyourpiecebeforeyouturnitin.

Carpenter,Courtney."4TipsforRevisingYourWork."Writer'sDigest
(2012):1.http://www.writersdigest.com/tipoftheday/4tipsforrevising
yourwork.
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TIPS ON HOW TO
READ AS A...
WRITER

READER

ASK YOURSELF
1.Doesmyintroductionorleadsucceedingrabbingthe
reader'sattention?
2.Doesmyconclusionsuccessfullybringmywritingtoa
close?
3.Domyparagraphsflowfromonetotheotherwell?
4.HaveIorganizedmyideasinawaythatmakessenseto
thereader?

ASK YOURSELF
1.Ismypurposeforwritingclear?
2.HaveIconsideredthequestionsandconcernsofmy
audience?
3.HaveIwrittenintheformandstyleappropriateforthis
genreofwriting?Forexample,doesmybookreviewlook
andreadlikeabookreview?
4.HaveIincludedsufficientexamplesandsupporting
details?

EDITOR

ASK YOURSELF
1.Readyourwritingaloudtocatchrunonsentences,over
usedwords,spellingerrors,andtypos.
2.Readbackwards.Startwiththelastsentenceofyour
pieceandreadonesentenceatatimefromtheendtothe
beginning.Byfocusingononesentenceatatime,you'll
noticewaystoimproveyourwritingmoreeasilythanreading
quicklythroughyourdraftfromstarttofinish.
3.Shareyourwritingwithafamilymemberorfriend.

Pavlock,Kim."HowtoReviseandEdit."ReadWriteThink
(n.d.):1.http://www.readwritethink.org/parentafterschool
resources/tipshowtos/reviseedit30116.html.

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