Revision Strategies/ Ideas

12.

1. Write two new introductions

2. Write two new conclusions

paper
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3. Switch the point of view (from first to third person or

from third to first person)
4. Add dialogue where you just have description of an

write a new conclusion

6. Write a dialogue with a friend describing your paper,
telling why you thought it was important, and what you
thought was important.
7. Create a stream of consciousness about what is going
on beneath the surface of the action or arguments or
explanations
8. Describe a place alluded to in the paper using all 5 of
you senses.
9. Create an opening that starts in the midst of the action
10. Describe a person mentioned in the paper
11. Describe what happens after the paper ends

Describe a personal experience related to an

argument in the paper

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Argue from you opponents point of view

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Create a dialogue representing two or more points of

event
5. Rewrite your conclusion as the introduction and then

Describe what happened before the events of the

view
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Write an argument as a narrative

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Write an analysis as a letter to a friend

18. Write a formal argument as a stream of consciousness

19. Write to a different audience Miss Piggy for
instance
20. Write a formal argument as a poem in two voices
21. Put your draft aside and write a quick outline of the
points you want to make.
22. Color Coding
a. Complete #21 from the list
b. Color Code EACH point
c. Read paper and color code each sentence based
on the point it best supports
d. Organize your paper by color.
Revision Ideas courtesy of Cindy Urbanski