Question

This lesson has two parts.  You must complete both parts to get credit. 
 
Part 1:
Edit and Revise the below essay that has been written in the class and graded.  Post your original version again along with the edited version (Below is the original version).   Be sure to label which is the original version and which is the revised one.  
 
Look at grammar, spelling, word usage, structure, organization, and so on, as well as content. 

Part 2:
Make a detailed list of what you changed in your work and why.  Write in complete sentences when describing the changes. Be specific.
 
Incorrect Example:  I changed a few periods to commas and shortened a few sentences.
Correct Example:  In sentence three, I took out the comma because it wasn’t needed.  In sentence five, I added a period to create two separate sentences. 

Lesson 07: Genre (Compare and Contrast)
Crime fiction and thrillers
Crime fiction includes all books that deal with any aspect of crime, whether committing it or solving it while thrillers are interested in answering the question “how?” Therefore, based on their definitions, they are likely to have different impacts on different people and societies. In my opinion, these two genres are similar in that they offer the reader entertainment and have unpredictable endings in most cases. However, they are different in that thrillers provides a sudden rush of emotions, excitement, suspense and exhilaration among other feelings that carry on until the book is over, without much impact on the reader, apart from entertainment. Crime fiction, on the other hand, do not have a short-term impact on the readers, and aspects of the action in the book might be reflected in the real life scenarios, such as the increase in gangsters, street crime, cartels and political and social corruption in America in the early 1900’s.
In terms of the structure, crime fiction involves more details and is likely to contain an epilogue and prologue, unlike the thriller in order to facilitate further information that may answer the reader’s questions. For instance, in the stranger in the mirror, Sidney uses a prologue to introduce the reader to the narrator of the story, the captain who retired from the seas to run his own bistro, as well as the nature of the story as a throwback to the day the captain decided to retire. Finally, there is a difference in the reception and interpretation of both genres, with the thrillers relying on how the story is told, as compared to what the story is about in crime fiction. The result is the differences in the impact the story has on the reader as an individual or the society in general. People are more likely to respond to what the story is about as compared to how it is told. In conclusion, crime fiction is much more likely to make an impact in the society due to these factors.
Works cited
1.    Sheldon, S. A stranger in the mirror. New York, NY: William Morrow, 1976.
2.    —. The best laid plans. New York, NY: William Morrow, 1997.