Chapter 9: Revising Your Work

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          Reading Chapter 9 after already doing a revising on the first draft of my essay and getting ready to have a peer review made me able to relate to the chapter greatly. I agree very much with what was said at the beginning of the chapter. For example, when it describes the first draft to be getting ideas out of your head and the essay normally having gaps in development or purpose. I relate that directly to my first draft, I did not have my audience or purpose of my essay clearly established throughout the essay yet, I left it at more what connections I saw in the adaptions. But after having the conference, I was able to take the comments and suggestions and elaborate on what I wanted my essay to portray. Different than in the chapter where she had someone read it because it might be not as objective, I found getting someone to review my essay in which I’m comparing a movie and a fairy tale very helpful because I was able to see where I left details from the movie out because since I’ve seen the movie and know why things happen, it was helpful as a reminder that my audience might not have. I also agree with how getting someone you trust their opinion to review your essay because with having a teacher review it, I trust their opinion and am able to use those suggestions in my own way. Finally, like the example pictures of her essay, when revising my first draft, I typed what I added in a different color font. I found this helpful to see where my essay was changing. 

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  1. UnknownSeptember 27, 2017 at 11:09 AM

    I agree with you that the first draft is for getting the ideas out of your head. I felt like my paper was a mess. After I went to the conference, I was able to organize it and add more detail where it needed.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 27, 2017 at 3:02 PM

    I agree with the fact that getting others to review your work allows you to see where things may have been left out. I also agree with the fact that the different colored font that was used did help enable us to see what was being changed and,
    by using this, we are able to see how these changes have impacted the overall piece.

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  3. UnknownSeptember 28, 2017 at 4:45 AM

    I find it interesting you used different colors for the revision to stand out, Ill have to try this.

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