Revise Your Paper Accordingly. Here Are Some Suggested Tasks

Revise your paper accordingly. Here are some suggested tasks.

1. Re-read your entire paper, proofreading for errors. It is recommended that you read

your paper aloud to yourself; this will help you hear when sentences are incorrect.

2. As you proofread, eliminate all comma splices, run-on sentences, and sentence

fragments. Go to the SSC for further help on this AND use your RG book.

3. Add the min. word requirement to the research paper (approx 500 words more than your original essay #3) and expand upon some thoughts presented, even if this means adding a primary or secondary source quotation!

4. Find your thesis. Make sure that it is specific enough. Does it express the point you are going to prove in your paper? Revise for specificity.

5. Find your topic sentences in your body paragraphs. Make sure that they explicitly

relate to your thesis. Use keywords from your introduction to link all of your body

paragraphs to your thesis.

6. Identify your paragraph transitions. Make sure that they express how the point you are making in the present paragraph flows from the point you made in the previous

paragraph. Use keywords from your previous paragraph in your transitional sentences to enhance the flow of your argument and link your ideas from paragraph to paragraph.

7. Find your quotes. Eliminate all dumped quotes that stand alone as separate sentences. Make sure that your quotes are integrated into the flow of your writing and that they are set up with signal words and phrases.

8. Check the punctuation of your quotes and parenthetical citations. Periods and commas always go inside “quotes,” like “this.” Periods always go outside parenthetical citations, like this (1082).

9. Re-read the formatting instructions for the assignment. Make sure that your paper is

formatted properly, with a full heading, proper font and margins, and page numbers.