Revised Mid-term Test
REVISING ACTIVITY: Writer
Step 1: Use Outline 1 to analyze your essay.
Step 2: Use Outline 2 to revise and edit your essay.
Step 3: Correct your essay using the Virtual Writing Tutor. Copy and paste it here.
Step 4: Use Writer's Checklist for Revising/Editing to assess your essay.
Step 1: Use this Outline 1 to cut and paste the original text here.
Title:
Introduction:
Opening sentence
Thesis statement
Evidence/citation
Opening sentence
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Thesis statement
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Evidence/citation
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Paragraph 1
Main idea 1
Main idea 2
Evidence/citation
Main idea 1
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Main idea 2
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Evidence/citation
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Paragraph 2
Main idea 1
Main idea 2
Evidence/citation
Main idea 1
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Main idea 2
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Evidence/citation
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Conclusion
Main idea 1
Main idea 2
Evidence/citation
Main idea 1
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Main idea 2
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Evidence/citation
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Step 2: Use this Outline 2 to revise the essay
Title:
Introduction
Opening sentence
Thesis statement
Evidence/citation
Opening sentence
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Thesis statement
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Evidence/citation
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Paragraph 1
Topic sentence
Main idea 1
Main idea 2
Evidence/citation
Topic sentence
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Main idea 1
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Main idea 2
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Evidence/citation
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Paragraph 2
Topic sentence
Main idea 1
Main idea 2
Evidence/citation
Topic sentence
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Main idea 1
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Main idea 2
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Evidence/citation
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Conclusion
Main idea 1
Main idea 2
Evidence/citation
Main idea 1
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Main idea 2
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Evidence/citation
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Step 3: Use the Virtual Writing Tutor.com to correct your essay. Post your revised essay in the box
Step 4: Use this Checklist to assess the essay
Writer's Checklist for Revising/Editing
Title
Yes
No
1 Do I have a good title that reflects my thesis statement?
Introduction
Yes
No
1 Do I have a catchy opening, using for example a startling or provocative idea?
2 Do I have a clear thesis statement related to one or two literary elements?
Title
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Yes
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No
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1 Do I have a good title that reflects my thesis statement?
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Introduction
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Yes
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No
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1 Do I have a catchy opening, using for example a startling or provocative idea?
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2 Do I have a clear thesis statement related to one or two literary elements?
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Paragraph 1
1 Does it start with a good topic sentence?
2 Do I include only relevant information?
3 Do I have supporting evidence with citations-short quotations for example, either direct or indirect?
4 Do I use ellipsis (. . .) in the quotations I include?
5 Do my ideas connect with good transition words? (moreover)
6 Do I use a variety of sentences: simple, compound, complex?
7 Do I some compound sentences that begin with a dependent clause?
8 Do I have any problem “sentences:” fragments , run-ons (missing punctuation)
9 Do I use rich vocabulary?
10 Do I use literary terms, such as foreshadowing?
11 Is it clear what I am trying to say in the paragraph?
12 Are there any grammar mistakes?
13 Are there any spelling mistakes?
14 Are there any punctuation mistakes?
1 Does it start with a good topic sentence?
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2 Do I include only relevant information?
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3 Do I have supporting evidence with citations-short quotations for example, either direct or indirect?
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4 Do I use ellipsis (. . .) in the quotations I include?
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5 Do my ideas connect with good transition words? (moreover)
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6 Do I use a variety of sentences: simple, compound, complex?
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7 Do I some compound sentences that begin with a dependent clause?
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8 Do I have any problem “sentences:” fragments , run-ons (missing punctuation)
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9 Do I use rich vocabulary?
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10 Do I use literary terms, such as foreshadowing?
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11 Is it clear what I am trying to say in the paragraph?
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12 Are there any grammar mistakes?
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13 Are there any spelling mistakes?
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14 Are there any punctuation mistakes?
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Paragraph 2
1 Does it start with a good topic sentence?
2 Do I include only relevant information?
3 Do I have supporting evidence with citations-short quotations for example, either direct or indirect?
4 Do I use ellipsis (. . .) in the quotations I include?
5 Do my ideas connect with good transition words? (moreover)
6 Do I use a variety of sentences: simple, compound, complex?
7 Do I some compound sentences that begin with a dependent clause?
8 Do I have any problem “sentences:” fragments , run-ons (missing punctuation)
9 Do I use rich vocabulary?
10 Do I use literary terms, such as foreshadowing?
11 Is it clear what I am trying to say in the paragraph?
12 Are there any grammar mistakes?
13 Are there any spelling mistakes?
14 Are there any punctuation mistakes?
1 Does it start with a good topic sentence?
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2 Do I include only relevant information?
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3 Do I have supporting evidence with citations-short quotations for example, either direct or indirect?
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4 Do I use ellipsis (. . .) in the quotations I include?
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5 Do my ideas connect with good transition words? (moreover)
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6 Do I use a variety of sentences: simple, compound, complex?
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7 Do I some compound sentences that begin with a dependent clause?
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8 Do I have any problem “sentences:” fragments , run-ons (missing punctuation)
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9 Do I use rich vocabulary?
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10 Do I use literary terms, such as foreshadowing?
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11 Is it clear what I am trying to say in the paragraph?
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12 Are there any grammar mistakes?
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13 Are there any spelling mistakes?
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14 Are there any punctuation mistakes?
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Conclusion
15. Do I rephrase my thesis statement in different words?
16. Do I have supporting evidence with citations?
17. Do I provide a sense of closure?
19 Are there any grammar mistakes?
20 Are there any spelling mistakes?
21 Are there any punctuation mistakes?
15. Do I rephrase my thesis statement in different words?
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16. Do I have supporting evidence with citations?
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17. Do I provide a sense of closure?
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19 Are there any grammar mistakes?
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20 Are there any spelling mistakes?
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21 Are there any punctuation mistakes?
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