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What is the most important factor in students' writing proficiency?
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Pro-con Essay: Revising
Writing doesn't end with your first draft. Next, you need to revise. When you revise, you evaluate your work for ideas, organization, voice, word choice, and sentence fluency.
1. Ideas
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Have I selected an interesting topic?
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Have I included enough details?
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2. Organization
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Do my details appear in the best order?
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Do I use transitions to make my organization clear?
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3. Voice
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Does my voice show my interest in the topic?
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Does my voice fit my audience (not too formal or too casual)?
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4. Word Choice
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Do I use specific nouns and active verbs?
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Have I carefully chosen adjectives and adverbs?
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5. Sentence Fluency
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Have I written clear, complete sentences?
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Have I combined short, choppy sentences?
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Have I varied sentence beginnings?
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6. Feedback
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Have I incorporated the feedback into my work?
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