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Evaluating Your Piece: Where Do You Need to Revise?

Evaluating Your Piece: Where Do You Need to Revise?. English 11. Underline every other sentence in Red This is to show you how long (or short) your sentences are. Do you need to work on them?. {Bracket} each beginning word in each sentence. {green}

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Evaluating Your Piece: Where Do You Need to Revise?

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  1. Evaluating Your Piece:Where Do You Need to Revise? English 11

  2. Underline every other sentence in Red • This is to show you how long (or short) your sentences are. • Do you need to work on them?

  3. {Bracket} each beginning word in each sentence. {green} • This is to show you what words you are starting your sentences off with. • Do they repeat? Can you find better words?

  4. llDraw two vertical lines next to anything that is your commentary.ll {Orange} • This lets you see what are your words and which words you borrowed. • Is there enough “you” in your paper? (Should be 2x research)

  5. Circle all “to be” verbs. {Blue} (is, was, were, be, being, been, am, are) • This is to show you what verb choices you are using. • Could you use an action verb? Is there something that would be more active?

  6. Put “it” in a triangle. {Yellow} • Is “it” clear enough to your reader? • Could you replace “it” with a better word?

  7. Make a wavy line under repeated words. {Purple} • This shows you words that might become overused. • Can you say it a different way? Could you use an appropriate pronoun?

  8. Mark words that might be imprecise with a check. {Brown} • This might mean you are unsure of the spelling or meaning • Double check the word and fix if necessary.

  9. “X” out the word “very” and other “bad” words. {Black} • Use your words. Do not be generic. Can you expand your reader’s grasp on the concept by using a better word? • Replace with a better word.

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