Read “Latrisha Wilson’s Final Draft” and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. Revision Identify the major revisions that Wilson made from the earlier draft in Chapter 7. Explain why you think she made the changes she did. Are there other changes she could have made to make the final draft even better?
2. Introduction and Conclusion Examine Wilson’s introduction and conclusion. In what ways are they more effective than the introduction and conclusion in her first draft? What additional improvements could she make?
3. Details Choose one paragraph, and compare the details provided in it with those in the corresponding paragraph of the first draft. Which added details are particularly effective, and why?
4. Tone Consider the differences in tone between Wilson’s first draft and her revised draft. What changes affected her tone? (List three.) Given that she was writing this essay for a college course and that her instructor was her main audience, how effective is the tone of the revised essay?