Revise using your ARMS

A R M S
Add Remove Move Substitute
Sentences
Words
Describing words
More details
Better details
Take away
sentences that dont
go along with topic
Take away words
that do not make
sense
Move a word or
sentence to a better
place
Trade a better word
for a fancier word
Change sentences
to make them go
along with topic
Change beginning of
sentences so they
do have begin with
the same word or
phrase as a
connecting sentence



Edit Using COPS
C O P S
Word at the
beginning of each
sentence
Names
Places
People

Common ideas are
near one another
Strong topic
sentence
Strong conclusion
sentence
No sentence
fragments
No run-on
sentences
Appropriate
ending marks
Appropriate
quotation marks
Appropriate use of
commas
Words are spelled
correctly