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Where do you get your writing ideas?
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Plot Summary: Revising
Writing doesn't end with the first draft. Next, you'll need to revise. When writers revise, they check their work for ideas, organization, voice, word choice, and sentence fluency. Here are some questions to think about as you review your draft.
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 chronological (time) 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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Students—
Read the winning short story!
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 Use the glossary to help find the meaning of literary words and writing terms that will help you think and talk about writing.
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To edit your writing well, you need to understand the rules. This library of quick, animated grammar lessons...
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