{"id":44,"date":"2017-10-25T02:01:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T02:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/yhatori\/?p=44"},"modified":"2017-10-25T02:01:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T02:01:22","slug":"essay-revision-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/yhatori\/2017\/10\/25\/essay-revision-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Essay Revision Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 13 of Craft of Research discusses the organization and essay revision. Though I typically did many of the revising tips, one piece of advice that helped me greatly for my recent essay was keeping the reader in mind. Re-reading my essay, and thinking of it from my reader\u2019s perspective rather than mine forced me to spot holes in my argument. For example, I did not provide enough context for one piece of my evidence, and it led to the whole paragraph not making sense. Most<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> writing advice dic<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tates that it is imperative that you \u201crelate back to your thesis\u201d but I did not realize how truly important it was to do so until I thought of it from the reader\u2019s perspective. Because I am the one writing the essay, I always know what my argument is; however, I have to convince the reader, so I must keep reminding them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-45\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/yhatori\/files\/2017\/10\/revision-263x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/yhatori\/files\/2017\/10\/revision-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/yhatori\/files\/2017\/10\/revision.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From the tips that I gathered from chapter 13, I have made my own process of revising. <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Consider what kind of essay you are writing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Argumentative &#8211; is there a way to make this essay more convincing? Personal anecdote? <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Analytical &#8211; have you removed all your personal opinion out of the analysis? Gather your evidence on how\/what person wrote, not how you feel (feeling = your own analysis)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Narrative &#8211; is there enough detail?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Grammar and spelling check<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tip: read the essay out loud to see if it sounds \u201cweird.\u201d Shifts in tense and passive voice are easier to catch this way<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you automatically correct things while you read, you can also have google translate read your essay back to you in a monotone voice<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/\/The rest of these tips are related only to type argumentative and analytical essays<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Make sure your introductory sentences relate back to the thesis &#8211; concise<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Think of each paragraph as soldier in the army &#8211; delegate one segment of your thesis to the paragraph, and prove it within. All your paragraphs come together to prove your argument<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Make sure that your thesis and your argument are still the same <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A problem I often make: I have a thesis, but as I continue to write and analyze evidence, my argument evolves but my thesis does not reflect the change<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So what factor &#8211; why is your essay worth reading? What\u2019s the point of your reader reading it? What should they know? <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 13 of Craft of Research discusses the organization and essay revision. Though I typically did many of the revising tips, one piece of advice that helped me greatly for my recent essay was keeping the reader in mind. Re-reading my essay, and thinking of it from my reader\u2019s perspective rather than mine forced me &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/yhatori\/2017\/10\/25\/essay-revision-tips\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Essay Revision Tips<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":0,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"yhatori","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/yhatori\/author\/yhatori\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/yhatori\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"Chapter 13 of Craft of Research discusses the organization and essay revision. 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