Exercise 5.7: Thinking Critically

EXERCISE 5.7: THINKING CRITICALLY

Answer the following questions about your reviewing and revising process.

  1. How did you begin reviewing your draft?

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    Exercise 5.7: Thinking Critically: How did you begin reviewing your draft?
  2. What kinds of comments on or responses to your draft did you get? How helpful were they, and why?

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    Exercise 5.7: Thinking Critically: What kinds of comments on or responses to your draft did you get? How helpful were they, and why?
  3. How long did the revising process take? How many drafts did you produce?

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    Exercise 5.7: Thinking Critically: How long did the revising process take? How many drafts did you produce?
  4. What kinds of changes did you tend to make? in organization, paragraphs, sentence structure, wording, adding or deleting information? in the use of visuals?

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    Exercise 5.7: Thinking Critically: What kinds of changes did you tend to make? in organization, paragraphs, sentence structure, wording, adding or deleting information? in the use of visuals?
  5. What gave you the most trouble as you were revising?

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    Exercise 5.7: Thinking Critically: What gave you the most trouble as you were revising?
  6. What pleased you most? What is your very favorite sentence or passage in the draft, and why?

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    Exercise 5.7: Thinking Critically: What pleased you most? What is your very favorite sentence or passage in the draft, and why?
  7. What would you most like to change about your process of revising, and how do you plan to go about doing so?

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    Exercise 5.7: Thinking Critically: What would you most like to change about your process of revising, and how do you plan to go about doing so?

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Student Writing > Early draft, Emily Lesk

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