ENGL 1711
Compare or Contrast Revision 3-pages
Revision Requirements: Part of your grade is based on demonstrated revision and edit of writing between the first draft for peer review and the revised essay being submitted for grading.
v Changing the whole topic and rewriting the entire paper does not constitute a revision. If you change your entire paper, you have to submit the draft of the new topic and the revision of it. Feedback can be sought in these ways:
o Peer review
o Instructor comments
o Tutor.com
o The writing center
o Self review
v Simply adding to the end of your unfinished draft is not demonstrating revision
v Simply editing and correcting the format alone is not revision work
v No outside sources should be used: You should not score over a six percent in the turnitin originality report.
Check your revision for these content and organization points :
§ Your introduction is engaging and provides a hook. It has a clearly stated thesis as the last sentence, and the purpose should be either to compare or contrast.
§ Your paper is three pages double spaced
§ Your paper is organized in a subject by subject or a point by point pattern and uses effective transitions
§ There are at least three separate points being highlighted about the two subjects
§ There are at least three body paragraphs that have topic and concluding statements
§ Your essay has a formal concluding paragraph
Editing/Usage and Format
· Eliminate all second person references in the body of the essay
· Check sentences for run ons and fragments
· Check for comma placement
· Spell out numbers up to one hundered
· Do not begin sentences with conjunctions (FANBOYS)
· Use sentence variety
· Times New Roman 12 point font double spaced
· Upper left hand information only on the first page
· Title centered
· One inch margins all the way around
· Tab for first sentence of each new paragraph
· Space one or two times after a period