Mastering the Writing Process: Tips for Revising and Presenting Your Work
Explore valuable insights on revising and presenting academic work, focusing on higher and lower-order concerns to enhance the quality of your writing. Learn about refining thesis statements, preparing effective presentations, and ensuring proper citation practices for a polished final product.
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Who Says? Holdstein & Aquiline, Chapter 10 Revising, presenting 1
Revising Don t forget, the writing process is recursive Higher-order concerns [compare to my Grading Form]: Try to react like a reader/audience member Thesis Support Focus Transitions Paragraphs [units w/conclusion] and logical development Use of sources, quotes Your role [don t overdo it] Conclusion [that restates thesis in more detail] Appropriate language, tone [third person] 2
Revising (cont.) Lower-order concerns [GSP, mainly; Q: What is GSP ? Also use of APA citations] Wait a bit for final edit; do it on paper [proofread] Watch for sentences that you changed Read the essay aloud Read for specifics, e.g. just look at commas or just check in-text citations; don t do it all at once Peer review with a friend or classmate [similar list again on pp. 145-146]; note they me tion checking that all cites are in the Works Cited you also need to check the reverse: if X is in the list mis X ever cited? 3
Thesis This is central. Is it A position on a yes/no, debatable, non-trivial question Supported by your evidence Narrow and focused [and perhaps in more than one part/answer, e.g. X is a significant problem mainly for people Y, although there are solutions available and it is declining in impact] Of use in answering the So what? question 4
Presentation Think of your audience (this class) and what they know about your topic What tools will you use: Google Slides, PowerPoint, [Keynote (Apple)], Prezi, video, note cards, handouts; are you comfortable using them [e.g. going full screen, reversing] Can you add something beyond what s in your paper (often a video) You ll likely have research with data to present; decide what forms are appropriate: Table (simple data) Bar graph (for comparisons) Pie chart (for parts of a whole) Keep presentation simple [the 7/7/ rule: 7 words per line/bullet. 7 lines/bullets per slide. Don t overdo images; give sources e.g. of videos; connect the dots between sources and your argument 5
Final thoughts Look at the Grading Form handout ; also list on pp. 142-143. Make sure all items in the Works Cited list are actually cited in the paper, and all in-text citations are in the Works Cited list [check off as you read through]; include page numbers [Appendix: There is a sample APA research paper, with abstract. It is quite sophisticated in its tone textbooks usually present the best work they see, but pretend it s merely typical. There are a few errors: p. 173 cites (Huitt, 2002) but the paper by Huitt is 2011; on p. 174 add (1943) after Maslow s; on p. 179 it s 2013, not 2012; on p. 180 add (1999) after names of researchers in first sentence; page numbers in cites don t match list; some References should have a publisher, most scholarly ones lack a DOI, some errors in italicizing, Rynes et al. entry is incomplete; but all in the list are cited, and all cited are in the list!] 6
