Comprehensive editing

Use this template to guide your planning for comprehensive editing. Specifically, this template will help you evaluate the original document and create corresponding objectives for editing it.

Document Title
Rhetorical Context
Document Purpose Purpose Informing, Directing, Consulting, or Valuing Dimensions Transactional or Transformational Static or Dynamic
Document Audience Readiness Ability Expert or Non-Expert Willingness Sensitive or Non-Sensitive Relationship Value Difference Relative Equality Uncertainty Tolerance Power Difference Downward, Upward, or Lateral Social Distance Familiar or Unfamiliar

	Evaluation of Original	Objective for Editing Original
Development
Informative Content (definitions, descriptions, examples, comparisons and contrasts, classifications)
Persuasive Content (quantified evidence, sourced evidence, appropriate evidence, persuasive interpretations, addresses objections)
Organization
Placement of Bottom Line
Paragraph Unity
Cohesion
Transitions
Style and Tone
Conciseness
Parallel Structure
Active and Passive Voice
Word Choice
Tone
Graphics
Format
White Space
Typography
Lists
Copyediting (grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, number style, abbreviations, and references)