Revise your arguments, evidence, logical reasoning, paragraphing, organization, and structure.
Edit sentences to ensure they are clear & readable with no distracting spelling or punctuation issues.
Proofread your submission draft to catch any typos or formatting errors
Anticipate your reader's response
Catch assumptions and generalizations
Cut extraneous material
Reconsider your claims
Clarify your points
Reorganize the threads of your discussion
Elaborate with additional information
It's very difficult to pick up on errors and limitations of a draft when you're very close to it. For this reason it's important to gain "critical distance", so you can read your draft with a critical eye. It's best to leave a draft for a few days before revising it.
Discuss strategies for gaining critical distance in light of tight deadlines and the stress of your workload.
If you're not sure what you're trying to say, then how are you supposed to say it clearly? If you're having trouble with crafting clear sentences, try to clarify what it is you're attempting to say.
Then, this video series on punctuation and sentence combining might be helpful.
A quick review of the simple sentence will enhance your ability to craft powerful complex sentences.
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T...
Worksheet:
Do you want to make your writing flow? And emphasize the connections between ideas? This comma lesson will help! Learn how to combine two sentences using F.A.N.B.O.Y.S. (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u...
Do you want to make your writing more argumentative? Use subordination. A great sentence structure for thesis statements.
We use this strategy ALL THE TIME in our everyday conversation. Any time you start a sentence with even though, because, rather than, or despite, you're using coordination!
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M...
In this video, we give you the lowdown on how to add extra information into a sentence using em dashes. The key here is that em dashes are used to add additional or extra information to a complete sentence.
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o...
Did you know that you can replace a period with a semicolon? But should you? Let's discuss when and why!
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W...