{"id":262,"date":"2017-08-28T02:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T02:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/about-writing\/?post_type=chapter&p=262"},"modified":"2018-02-28T00:22:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T00:22:56","slug":"early-revisions-you-have-so-much-room-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eng-102\/chapter\/early-revisions-you-have-so-much-room-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Revisions : You Have So Much Room to Grow!"},"content":{"raw":"You have a draft! You have, in many ways, done a lot of the hard work: getting ideas down on paper or on the screen.\r\n\r\nHere are some strategies for approaching the \"shape up\" phase of your draft.There is a lot of opportunity here, for you to add, delete, rearrange, expand and realize what you would like to rethink. Re-read your draft and see if you can clearly identify some of the key components of an essay<\/strong>\r\n
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Early Draft Review Questions<\/h3>\r\n
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  1. First:\u00a0Your introductory section.\r\n
      \r\n \t
    1. Does it have some sort of a \"hook\"?<\/li>\r\n \t
    2. Does it present Context for the paper topic?<\/li>\r\n \t
    3. Does it have a draft thesis at the end?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
    4. Second: Body\r\n
        \r\n \t
      1. Are paragraphs separated from one another with indentations?<\/li>\r\n \t
      2. Can you identify a single key idea\/topic in each paragraph?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
      3. Conclusion\r\n
          \r\n \t
        1. The conclusion may be the last thing that you write. Some writers choose to take sentences that feel out of place or perhaps repetitive and copy and paste them into a draft conclusion paragraph, which can be edited later. If you have a draft conclusion early on, great. If not, don't worry.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\nOnce you have determined these key elements of essay structure, you can look a little deeper at some areas where you would like to put in more work. These might also be areas that are brought to your attention after a peer or instructor review.\r\n
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          Deeper review of an early draft<\/h3>\r\n
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          • Intro<\/em>: Do you want to work on making the introduction paragraph(s) more powerful?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n
              \r\n \t
            • Thesis<\/em>: Do you feel that the thesis should be made clearer, more complex or otherwise more developed for what you want to say in the rest of the paper?<\/li>\r\n \t
            • Focus: <\/em>Are there any paragraphs or sections that don't seem to fit as is?<\/li>\r\n \t
            • Flow: <\/em>Do you want to work on making the ideas less \"choppy\" or less repetitive? Where do you see choppiness or repetitiveness?<\/li>\r\n \t
            • Topic Sentences<\/em>: Do you have distinct Topic Sentences at the beginning of paragraphs to indicate what idea that paragraph will develop?<\/li>\r\n \t
            • Transitional Phrasing<\/em>: Do you see yourself using transitional language to begin new paragraphs, to move to new ideas, to link ideas together within paragraphs?<\/li>\r\n \t
            • Source Citation:<\/em> Have you cited all of the sources that you have integrated?<\/li>\r\n \t
            • Source Integration:<\/em> Are you explaining the significance of quotes, paraphrases or summaries that you include?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n ","rendered":"

              You have a draft! You have, in many ways, done a lot of the hard work: getting ideas down on paper or on the screen.<\/p>\n

              Here are some strategies for approaching the “shape up” phase of your draft.There is a lot of opportunity here, for you to add, delete, rearrange, expand and realize what you would like to rethink. Re-read your draft and see if you can clearly identify some of the key components of an essay<\/strong><\/p>\n

              \n

              Early Draft Review Questions<\/h3>\n
                \n
              1. First:\u00a0Your introductory section.\n
                  \n
                1. Does it have some sort of a “hook”?<\/li>\n
                2. Does it present Context for the paper topic?<\/li>\n
                3. Does it have a draft thesis at the end?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                4. Second: Body\n
                    \n
                  1. Are paragraphs separated from one another with indentations?<\/li>\n
                  2. Can you identify a single key idea\/topic in each paragraph?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                  3. Conclusion\n
                      \n
                    1. The conclusion may be the last thing that you write. Some writers choose to take sentences that feel out of place or perhaps repetitive and copy and paste them into a draft conclusion paragraph, which can be edited later. If you have a draft conclusion early on, great. If not, don’t worry.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

                       <\/p>\n

                      Once you have determined these key elements of essay structure, you can look a little deeper at some areas where you would like to put in more work. These might also be areas that are brought to your attention after a peer or instructor review.<\/p>\n

                      \n

                      Deeper review of an early draft<\/h3>\n
                        \n
                      • Intro<\/em>: Do you want to work on making the introduction paragraph(s) more powerful?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                          \n
                        • Thesis<\/em>: Do you feel that the thesis should be made clearer, more complex or otherwise more developed for what you want to say in the rest of the paper?<\/li>\n
                        • Focus: <\/em>Are there any paragraphs or sections that don’t seem to fit as is?<\/li>\n
                        • Flow: <\/em>Do you want to work on making the ideas less “choppy” or less repetitive? Where do you see choppiness or repetitiveness?<\/li>\n
                        • Topic Sentences<\/em>: Do you have distinct Topic Sentences at the beginning of paragraphs to indicate what idea that paragraph will develop?<\/li>\n
                        • Transitional Phrasing<\/em>: Do you see yourself using transitional language to begin new paragraphs, to move to new ideas, to link ideas together within paragraphs?<\/li>\n
                        • Source Citation:<\/em> Have you cited all of the sources that you have integrated?<\/li>\n
                        • Source Integration:<\/em> Are you explaining the significance of quotes, paraphrases or summaries that you include?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

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