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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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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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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Econ 385 Final Paper Education is a process of acquiring knowledge. We attain education to help us grow as a society and develop as people. Learning allows us to gain basic skills in life but at the same time allows us to know who we are and what we want to become. Education in the USA is broken down into four stages: preschool‚ primary school‚ secondary school and then college. Every stage of education is mandatory except for college‚ which people take if they want to further educate themselves
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When you were younger did you like being breastfed? Did you ever think it was needed? I remember when I was a baby my mom used to always say she hated to breastfeed me because surprisingly i didn’t like it that’s why what is going on in society today doesn’t surprise me one bit. Many mothers feel fulfillment and joy from the physical and emotional communion they experience with their child while nursing. These feelings are augmented by the release of hormones. Breastfeeding is starting to decline
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Chapter 10 Reassessing and Revising Strategies and Plans Introduction: The purpose of this chapter is to review implemented policies‚ strategies‚ plans‚ programs‚ or projects and to decide on a course of action that will ensure public value continues to be created. The Strategy Change Cycle is not over once strategies and plans have been implemented. Ongoing strategic management ensure that strategies continue to create public value‚ and as a prelude to the next round of strategic planning
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Drilling for oil is a dangerous business. It comes with a lot of upś and downs. Every single job that you do comes with an obstacle. But‚ fracking also has many benefits. According to the websites‚ ¨http://www.what-is-fracking.com ‚¨ ¨http://www.solarschools.net ‚¨ and ¨https://energyindepth.org .¨ Each of these websites explain what benefits there are to fracking. Many people think that it harms our environment‚ but with new rules and laws companies are all able to create more jobs‚ lower the price
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The Civil war remained a vital point in American history as this period aimed to redress the inequalities of slavery. In the north’s attempt to eliminate slavery‚ the emancipation proclamation was signed in which successfully disjointed the confederate infrastructure by freeing the slaves of the south. The freeing of slaves in these rebellious territories in turn allowed the union army to grow in numbers and thus win the war. Abraham Lincoln remained a crucial member in advocating the voting rights
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The title of this article is Revising is by Joseph Harris‚ a professor who also teaches some type of academic writing related class. This particular chapter in “Inventing Argument” was taken from his book called “Rewriting: How to Do Things with Texts”. This book was published on July 15‚ 2006. In this chapter Harris takes a strong stance in regard to revising. He believes that skill of revising academic pieces is over looked and that it is not simply a means of cleaning up or correcting grammar
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Nowadays‚ students daily reading habits center around tweets‚ Facebook updates‚ or the directions of instant oatmeal packet. They always thinks that reading is wasting of time. Reading can keep your brain mentally stimulated and keeping it active and engaged prevents it from losing power. Second‚ during reading a story‚it can transport you to other realms‚ while an engaging article will distract you and keep you in the present moment‚ letting tensions drain away and allowing you to relax. There
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