ARMS Strategy for Writing Revision

The video tutorial guides viewers on revising argumentative essays, focusing on the draft and revise stage of the writing process. It introduces the ARMS strategy—Add, Remove, Move, Substitute—to enhance writing. The tutorial provides detailed steps for applying this strategy, emphasizing the importance of revising drafts to improve clarity and support claims. The lesson concludes with a review of the writing process, preparing students for editing and publishing their work.

What is the primary focus of the lesson on revising an argumentative essay?

• Draft and revise

• Generate and plan

• Edit and publish

• Close reading and analysis

What does the ARMS strategy stand for in the context of revising a draft?

• Analyze, Reorganize, Modify, Simplify

• Assess, Revise, Modify, Substitute

• Add, Remove, Move, Substitute

• Add, Reorder, Modify, Simplify

When using the ARMS strategy, what should you do if you find redundant sentences in your draft?

• Remove one of the redundant sentences

• Move the sentences to another paragraph

• Add more sentences to clarify

• Substitute the sentences with synonyms

Why is it important to re-read your draft during the revision process?

• To check for spelling errors

• To ensure all ideas are in the correct order

• To memorize the content

• To add more paragraphs

How can you enhance your writing during the 'Add' step of the ARMS strategy?

• By adding more claims, reasons, and evidence

• By adding more adjectives

• By adding more punctuation

• By adding more paragraphs

In the ARMS strategy, what is the purpose of the 'Move' step?

• To add more evidence to the draft

• To remove unnecessary words

• To substitute words with better synonyms

• To rearrange ideas for better flow

What tool might you need when substituting words for better language in your draft?

• A dictionary

• A thesaurus

• A grammar checker

• A style guide

What should you do if a sentence does not fit with the topic sentence of a paragraph?

• Substitute it with a different sentence

• Move it to a more appropriate paragraph

• Remove it entirely

• Add more sentences to support it

What is the final step in the writing process after revising your draft?

• Generate and plan

• Draft and revise

• Close reading and analysis

• Edit and publish

What is the ultimate goal of using the ARMS strategy in revising a draft?

• To make the draft longer

• To ensure the draft is error-free

• To make the draft more concise

• To improve the draft to its best possible version