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Text from my

initial WP
submission:
(a phrase,
sentence,
paragraph,
idea, move,
punctuation,
piece of
evidence, etc.)

An observation
or question I
received from De
Piero or a
classmate:

The change(s) I
made to what I
initially wrote:
(ie, the change[s]
I made to column
1)

How this
change
impacts my
paper:

From:

This comment is in
reference to the
whole paragraph:

Ive revised the


paragraph to see
how I can chop it
up into different
segments. Ive
also made sure it
was easy for the
reader to
understand and
flow with the
certain
adjustments I
made.

By doing so, I
will not be
overwhelming
the reader with
a jumble of
words that
explains certain
aspects of
things.

For the
biological
approach, a
publication from
the Pigment
Cell Research

When I see this


even before I start
readingI think,
Ahhhhhhh!
Attack of the
page-long
paragraph!

has a certain
style to

See if you like this


metaphor:

introduce the
Pretend your whole
paper is a big, juicy
evolution of skin steak. Do you
want your reader
to enjoy that steak
pigmentation.
in easy-to-chew,
digestable bites?
Or do you want
them to start
eating the whole
thing in one piece
(think: zombie).
subject of

Paragraphs are like


those bites. Give
your reader your

argument in little,
digestable, oneidea-at-a-time bits.

Readers need to be
able to see the
different
parts/pieces/bites
of the argument
that theyre
chewing on.
(The whole
paper)

Young, Im
wondering if your
paper would
benefit from restructuring the
organization.
Instead of

Source #1
Source #2
Source #3

Could your
paper/argument
unfold a more
integrated/interwo
ven way if you did
something like:

Idea #1 (sources 1,
2, 3)
Idea #2 (sources 1,
2, 3)
Idea #3 (sources 1,

Ive tried to
reorganize my
paper to see if it
flowed better
when I matched
certain ideas.

Before, most of
the paragraphs
were long and
overwhelming
and did not
really seemed
organized, but
now, I hope it is
easier for the
reader to read
and does not
have to be lost
in all of the
wordiness of
this piece.

2, 3)?

Whole paper

. I also think you


need to address
moves which
was an explicit
part of the
assignmentI
didnt see it in
hear once.

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