Section 4 A General Checklist for Revising(第1页)
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&esworktodeadliheyhandintasksatthelastmoment。Twohoursspeingyourworkmakeallthediffereingtheimpressionofasloppycarelesspieceofwork,aisthoughtfulaed。Beluideliouseasachecklist。
WhatYoushouldKnow
Revisihecetopreviewyourworkoheeventualreader。Revisionismuchmorethahoughinthefiageitinvolvessomegofdetails。Goodrevisioingsformamediocrefirstdraftifiismorework,butleadstorealsatisfayoufindyouhavesaidwhatyou>
Therearefourkindsofrevisions:(1)large-scalerevision;(2)small-scalerevisioing;(4)pr。
Revisionsusuallystartlargeandendsmall。Inglobalrevisions,youcheeralstructureby:
Makiructureisapleteandlogie。
&hatyraphsfollowthesequeopics。
gparagraphtransitions。
Inlocalrevisions,youreviseye(sentendwords)forvarietyandstyle。Youmaytakethestepsasfollows:
Pr。Readthewhcarefullyf,punandgrammaticalmistakes。
Revisiencesforvarietyandstyle。Revisesefolloatterntoavoidmonotony,andpayattentioone”or“voice”e。
Revisingwordsforadexaess。Usewordsthatbestmakeyourpoint,andremoveredundantandmeaninglesswordsorphrases。
Finally,donotfallihwhatyouhavewritten。Ifyoudo,youwillbehesitanttogeitevenifyouknowitisoutwithawthesis,anddonotaarriedtoit。Ilikeyit,seeingifyouarepatible,findingoutwhatitislikefromdaytoday。Ifabetterthesisesaloheoldone。Also,don’tthinkofrevisionasjustrew。Itisacetolookattheejustisolatedwordsaences。
LanguageFocus
RulesforCapitalizationinTitles
Therulesforcapitalizingtitlesvaryagtoaparticularstyleguide,suchasAssociatedPressStylebook(AP),anualofStyle,andMLAstyle。Theyallhavedifferentrulesforhoitalizetitles。Sowhieshouldyouchoose?endsifastyleisrequiredbyyourteacher,course,orsubjectfield。Forexample,MLAstyleisoheliberalartsorhumanities,styleispopularlyusedinjournalism。Oionistoestyle,orcheckthestylerequiredbyyourteadsticktoit。
GeleCase
Asdiscussedtherearesomeexstotherule;however,hereisonegeyouapplyforcapitalizializethefirst,lastandanyimportantwordsinatitle,whiownasTitleCaseorHeadliyle。
InTitles:DoCapitalize
&hesepartsofspeecharecapitalizedintitles。
Nouns(man,bus,book)
&ives(angry,lovely,small)
Verbs(ru,sleep)
Adverbs(slowly,quickly,quietly)
Pro)
Subs(as,because,that)
ICapitalize