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College Writing Skills, Media Edition, 5/e
John Langan, Atlantic Community College
Four Bases For Revising Essays

Writing On- and Offline



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Revising Essays: Reviewing the Bases

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Directions: This activity will help familiarize you with the bases of revising essays. First, visit any or all of the following sites and locate an essay that interests you.

The New York Times Magazine

The Atlantic Monthly

Feed Magazine

Salon Magazine

New Scientist

The Smithsonian

Then, address the following:

Activity 1: Analyzing Unity

To analyze unity, identify the single most important point that is advanced in the essay.


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Activity 2: Analyzing Support

To analyze support, discuss the specific evidence used to bolster the main point.


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Activity 3: Analyzing Coherence

To analyze coherence, cut and paste all the transitional words you can find in the essay.










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