Alex E. Blazer

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Revision and Evaluation

Here are some questions to ask yourself as you revise between drafts.

In fact, these constitute the same questions I ask as I access your papers.

• Are you taking revision (reshaping, refocusing, refining, rethinking) seriously?
• Are you taking peer response seriously?
• Does it fix grammar and usage problems?
• Does clear progress exist from early to late drafts?
• Does your essay establish and maintain a clear purpose?
• Does it provide adequate support and detailed examples?
• Does it go beyond summary evaluation and enact real critical thinking? Does it use proper grammar, effective vocabulary, and sensible sentence and paragraph structure?
• Does it demonstrate careful though about the issues involved in the course?
• Does it demonstrate a personal interest in and an engagement with the writing assignment?
• Does it go beyond the essay prompt and make the writing your own?
• Does its voice allow the reader to get a sense of a person behind the words?
• Does your essay represent effort?
• Is it conscientious?
• Does it critically explore its issue(s)?