Editing: Guidelines and Direction

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Transitions to show location

Useful Transition Words to show location

Transition words which can be used to show location:

above among beneath in front of on top of

across around beside inside outside

against away from between into over

along back of beyond near throughout

alongside behind by off to the right

amid below down onto under

Monday, October 22, 2018

Comma Lessons

Use the worksheets and lessons below to learn more about punctuating your sentences properly. Content below provided through English for Everyone.

Commas Worksheets

Below you'll find our complete list of punctuation worksheets. These worksheets are great for use in school or at home. We hope you find them useful. We appreciate your interest and support!

§ Commas Worksheet

Explanation, examples, and practice using commas. Worksheet outlines the 8 comma rules. Practice involves inserting commas in sentences where needed.

§ Commas Worksheet Answers

Answers to the Commas Worksheet.

§ Commas Quiz

A printable commas quiz. Students can test what they have learned here.

How Do I Revise an Essay

How Do I Start Revising an Essay

What is Revision

Revision is an important part of the Writing Process. Revision literally means "to SEE Again". When you Revise your paper, you need to take a step back and SEE the writing again, with new eyes, as if you were not the author but rather part of the audience. To REVISE your work, focus on CONCISENESS, CLARITY, COHERENCE, and UNITY.

Reviewing Writing for Flow, Clarity, Conciseness, and Argument

Writing Leads Sources

Revising Assistance

Style Handbook

Revising Your Draft

Revising for Conciseness

Clarity, Logical Order, Consistency, Unity, Conciseness, Completeness, Cohesion.

Revising ORDER

ORDER

There is a logical arrangement for the order of a sentence, paragraph, and essay. Be sure to carefully review the organizational structure required at all three levels of Standard English: sentence, paragraph, essay. Revise following the standards below.

Body Paragraphs

Body Paragraphs--Drafting Your Essay

Forming an Argument

Counter-Arguments

Body Paragraph Content

Transitions

Page Organization

Titles: Creative & Captivating

Title of Writing

Titles--Overview

How Important is a Title?

Useful Titles

Linking the Conclusion to the Title

Structure

Resources to Help Check Writing Conventions

Home

How do I EDIT an Essay?

What is Meant by EDIT an Essay?

Editing is not the same as revising.

Revising is the seeing again of your essay at the sentence-level, at the paragraph-level, and as a fully-formed essay.

Editing is where you go through your essay and check for grammatical issues in word choice, spelling, and contraction use.

Edit Writing for…

Elements of Style

Understand 1st, 2nd, 3rd Voice so that you can properly use them

Eliminate Improper Font Usage

Carefully Choose Your Word Choice for Academic/Professional Terms

Eliminate Clichés

Eliminate all Contractions

Eliminate Questions from your body-paragraphs

Handouts and Style Guides

What is Editing?

Editing is a step in the Writing Process often dreaded by students due to their lack of grammatical knowledge.

To be able to properly EDIT your work, you need to pay attention to the comments from previous writings you have submitted for review. The feedback on those writings will let you know your common errors, and from there, you can begin looking for and modifying these errors in your writing. Your instructors have taken time to review your writings and provide you with constructive feedback. Do not overlook these comments as they will greatly improve your future writings—if you take the time to eliminate these issues.

Editing Assistance

Editing the Essay, Part One

Editing the Essay, Part Two

Tips on Grammar, Punctuation and Style

Common Errors

Stylistic Guidelines

As, Because, and Since

Behalf Of vs. On Behalf Of

Use of Brackets

Capitalization Rules

Confusing Words and Homonyms

(Connecting Sentences) Commas & Semicolons