Joseph Harris’ essay “Revising” (2006 pg.452-69); serves as a guide in how to correctly revise any writing you have ever completed. Harris designates four points that must be taken under consideration while revising. Before getting to the core of his argument‚ Harris notes that revising is not the same as editing. The essay points out that students are trained too just polish and make their writing sleeker rather than making a difference or significant change to the original. From there Harris brings
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Dear Journal‚it took us a bit longer to reach the South Pass. It’s been hotter than hell‚ and I feel like I’ve lost my weight in sweat. The tires are so thin and the trail is so sandy that we get almost no traction. The continental divide was a neat landmark. I hadn’t known about it until the book told us. Tomorrow we’ll take the Sublette-Greenwood Cutoff‚ which just means more desert. My kids look like death‚ but they put on a brave face for my wife and I. Tomorrow we cross the river‚ and I think
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Double Entry Journals Quotes/Summary of Event | My Thinking‚ Questions‚ Connections & Reactions | Pg. 8 “SI MONUMENTUM REQUIRIS CIRCUMSPICE” | I know this language is Latin. In the forward it is used in a way to honor educators. I think this might say “A monument that requires searching”Online it says‚ “if you seek his monument‚ look around”. (Merriam Webster). It seems similar to what I thought it said originally. I wasn’t surprised that it was along the lines of looking for something because
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Spotting and Revising Wordy Hedging Hedging – is a strategy in which you state conditions‚ qualifications‚ exceptions to an assertion -- an admission that something might contradict your assertion Examples: 1. Legitimate hedging: If it rains tomorrow‚ I won’t paint the front door. (The if clause establishes a condition: rain) 2. Legitimate hedging: In the middle ages‚ the world was thought to be flat. (This sets up a condition based on time‚ history. ) 3. Legitimate hedging:
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between Revising and Editing Revising can simply be said to be a process of rereading‚ reflecting upon and improving drafts or drafting materials. This process often leads to rewriting‚ more revision and more rewriting it also involve asking questions like Is the Paper Focused?‚ Is the Paper Well Structured and Well Organized?‚ Is the Paper Complete?‚ Is the Paper Coherent? Etc. Revising processes include the following: Ready for editing Revising Rewriting Revising Rewriting Revising Drafting
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Journal Entry Number 1‚ It wasn’t until we arrived at the funeral that it finally sank in. The emotions hit me like a tractor-trailer hitting a squirrel on the highway. The stabbing pain in my heart and the cloudiness of my vision caused by tears just made me weep harder. I observed my mom standing by the casket‚ looking at your lifeless body‚ staring into eternity. She appeared there physically‚ but you could tell her mind raced elsewhere as an unsettling darkness nestled in her eyes. At the
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Journal Entry #3 The climax of the novel is when Curley and Lennie fight ending with Curley getting a broken hand. A major conflict was Curley and Lennie since Curley hates big guys and is always looking to fight them. It was solved when Lennie broke Curley’s hand but the problem recurred when Lennie killed Curley’s wife. A minor conflict is when Lennie killed his puppy and tried to hide it from George until Curley’s wife started to talk to him. That is also a major thing that helped resolve
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As stated in my first journal entry‚ I originally saw this course as a skill to add to my resume. After reading chapter one I realized the value my personal life would gain learning about nonverbal communication‚ so I went into week two all gung ho and ready to tackle it! I knew having this skill would put my life back on track by giving me the tools I needed to hide my screwed-up life. This would lead to new friendships and relationships where I could verbally open myself up to others. All I had
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The Revisionist Western In the late Sixties and early seventies‚ there was a revisionist movement in Hollywood. This revision of genre’s included the western genre. In this essay‚ I will analyze the differences between the classic Western‚ and the revisionist westerns. The movies which are considered to be revisionist westerns that I will be reviewing are the following: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid‚ McCabe and Mrs. Miller‚ Unforgiven‚ and Dead Man; Two of which were created during the movement
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Machiavelli/Macbeth Essay In The Prince by Machiavelli he describes three different ways that a Prince can acquire the throne; these include good fortune‚ merit‚ and crime. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare the reader can conclude that Macbeth obtained the throne through crime only. He does this by influence from the three evil witches‚ betraying his loyal king‚ and setting up the guards. To begin with‚ in Macbeth three witches come to visit Macbeth and Banquo. Well they are there they inform
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