College Composition / Unit 20 CMP 0476 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Reading a Draft as a Reviser
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The idea
Revising someone else's draft starts with reading the whole passage once for its purpose and main point, before judging any sentence.
In practice
Many revision questions concern a single sentence, but the right answer depends on the paragraph and the passage around it.
Where people slip
Judging a sentence without its context is the commonest way to choose a smooth but wrong revision.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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