2.6 Revising for Unity, Coherence, and Organization

What is one strategy for revising an introduction to capture readers' attention?

• Ask readers an interesting question related to the topic.

• Tell readers what your conclusion will be.

• Explain to readers how you will discuss the topic.

• Give a great deal of background information.

Which sentence should be deleted to improve the unity of this first paragraph from the body of a personal narrative?

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 4

• Sentence 5

• Sentence 7

To improve coherence, which word or phrase should be added to a sentence in this paragraph of an essay?

• Add Therefore to Sentence 2.

• Add To begin with to Sentence 3.

• Add Meanwhile to Sentence 5.

• Add By contrast to Sentence 6.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

How should this paragraph from an informative article be revised to improve its organization?

• Delete Sentence 5.

• Move Sentence 9 to follow Sentence 6.

• Move Sentence 3 to follow Sentence 4.

• Delete Sentence 8.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which strategy does the writer use in this conclusion to her essay?

• She summarizes the main points.

• She ends by challenging readers.

• She asks a question.

• She offers statistics to support her point.