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REVISING VS. EDITING

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Page 1: Revising vs editing

REVISING VS. EDITING

Page 2: Revising vs editing

REVISING VS. EDITING

Revising and editing are NOT the same thing!

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REVISING

•Think of revising as looking at your essay with a magnifying glass.•You’re looking at the BIG picture.

Page 4: Revising vs editing

REVISINGThink of the acronym ROAM when revising:•Remove (irrelevant content)•Organize (paragraphing and flow)•Add (evidence, explanations, people, etc.)•Move (paragraphs and sentences)

Page 5: Revising vs editing

EDITING

•Think of editing as looking at your essay through a microscope.•You’re looking at the small, sentence-level details.

Page 6: Revising vs editing

EDITINGThink of the acronym MUGS when editing:•Mechanics (punctuation, spelling, citations, etc.)• Usage (word choice, pronoun reference, verb

tense, etc.)• Grammar (fragments, run-ons, etc.)• Style (concrete nouns, active verbs, short

sentences, short words)

Page 7: Revising vs editing

REVISING• Remove (irrelevant content)• Organize (paragraphing and flow)• Add (evidence, explanations,

people, etc.)• Move (paragraphs and sentences)

• Mechanics (punctuation, spelling, citations, etc.)

• Usage (word choice, pronoun reference, verb tense, etc.)

• Grammar (fragments, run-ons, etc.)

• Style (concrete nouns, active verbs, short sentences, short words)

EDITING

REVISING VS. EDITING