Revision Workshop

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Revision Strategies
Writing Resources Center http//www.writing.uncc
.edu/writing- resources-center
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Writing Resources Center (WRC)
Web writing.uncc.edu/writing- resources-center  
Appointments writing.uncc.edu/writing-resour
ces- center/schedule-appointment

• Locations
• 125 Cameron
• T1 Atkins Library (by Peets)
• Center for Graduate Life (CGL)
• 714 Center City
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• Phone
• 704-687-1899
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• E-mail
• wrchelp_at_uncc.edu
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Workshop Objectives

• Become familiar with
• Reasons for revision
• Discover resources for help with revision
• Practice revision

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What Is Revision?

• Revision is
• A stage in the writing process that is done
  before proofreading and editing
• The careful examination of a paper for unity,
  coherence and adequate development
• Revision is not
• Editing, proofreading or just changing errors

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Why Revise?

• Revision allows you to re-see your piece of
  writing in order to
• Fulfill your purpose
• Review your focus
• Address your audience
• Generate additional ideas and information
• Omit what is not necessary

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Tips For Revision

• Give yourself plenty of time to revise set a
  special amount of time aside just for revision
• Stay flexible with your writing be ready to
  change anything at any time
• Read the paper out loud and listen to it read it
  into a tape recorder or to a friend
• Read through your paper focusing on one thing at
  a time
• Read for content
• Read for organization
• Read for expressions

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Reading for Content

• Do you have a clear thesis that accurately
  presents your focus?
• Are your points appropriate for your audience and
  purpose?
• Does your conclusion wrap up all your points
  effectively?
• Information taken from Barbara Fine Clouses A
  Troubleshooting Guide for Writers

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Reading for Organization

• Do your ideas follow logically from one to the
  next?
• Do your paragraphs follow logically from one to
  the next?
• Do you transition smoothly between paragraphs
  relating your ideas to each other?
• Information taken from Barbara Fine Clouses A
  Troubleshooting Guide for Writers

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Reading for Expression

• Do you overuse any particular words?
• Have you avoided wordiness?
• Have you eliminated clichés?
• Do you vary your sentence structure?
• Information taken from Barbara Fine Clouses A
  Troubleshooting Guide for Writers

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Tips For Revision

• Questions to ask while revising
• Have I met the requirements of the assignments?
• Did I focus on what I intended?
• Have I achieved my purpose?
• Have I written the paper so that audience and
  understands my purpose?
• What is the main idea?
• Have I answered important questions about the
  main idea?
• Have I explored the subject fully?

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Revision Practice

• Choose one of the following options, and try it
  out with your paper.
• Write 2 new introductions
• Write 2 new conclusions
• Put your draft aside, and quickly write down all
  the points you want to make
• In a paragraph, describe how your paper engages
  with the assignment topic