Revising Essays

The THIRD stage in the Writing Process is...

• Brainstorming

• Revising

• Editing

• Publishing

During the EDITING process, you should check for errors with...

• Grammar

• Punctuation

• Capitalization

• Spelling

• Formatting

The Writing Process is...

• How you get something you wrote published in the newspaper.

• When a peer or teacher reads something we've written.

• A series of steps to help us through the stages of writing.

When you change entire sentences, add pieces, remove pieces, add descriptions and imagery etc. this is called:

• revising

• rough draft

• final draft

• editing

When in the writing process do you fix misspelled words?

• as you go

• second step

• third step

• final step

What is a THESIS STATEMENT?

• The sentence at the beginning of the essay that draws the reader in.

• A sentence that clearly states the argument or topic of your whole essay.

• Evidence that supports your opinion.

• A sentence that identifies who the writer is.

Which of the stages of the Writing Process are you the MOST comfortable with?

• Pre-Writing

• Drafting

• Revising

• Editing

• Publishing

What is the main purpose of revising an essay?

• To correct grammar and punctuation errors

• To improve the content and structure

• To finalize the formatting

• To add citations

Which of the following is a common strategy during the revision process?

• Checking for spelling errors

• Reading the essay aloud

• Adding footnotes

• Changing font size

When revising an essay, what should you focus on improving?

• The thesis statement

• The bibliography

• The page numbers

• The font style