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Reading List]
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[Revision Guidelines for Tasks 1-4]
Checklist for Writing Task #1
_____ Appropriate personal episode
selected
_____ List of narrative details
compiled and arranged
_____ List of descriptive details
compiled and arranged
_____ Rough draft completed
_____ Revision Activity completed
_____ Peer Review Activity
completed
_____ Proofreading Activity
completed
_____ Final paper approved and
accepted
Checklist for Writing Task
#2
_____ Appropriate literary work
selected
_____ Study Chart completed
correctly
_____ Working outline completed
_____ Rough draft completed
_____ Revision Activity completed
_____ Peer Review Activity
completed
_____ Proofreading Activity
completed
_____ Final paper approved and
accepted
Checklist for Writing Task
#3
_____ Appropriate literary works
selected
_____ Comparison / Contrast Study
Chart completed correctly
_____ Working outline completed
_____ Rough draft completed
_____ Revision Activity completed
_____ Peer Review Activity
completed
_____ Proofreading Activity
completed
_____ Final paper approved and
accepted
Checklist for Writing Task
#4
_____ Appropriate literary subject
selected
_____ Literary Criticism Study
Chart completed correctly
_____ Appropriate thesis formulated
_____ Working outline completed
_____ Rough draft completed
_____ Revision Activity completed
_____ Peer Review Activity
completed
_____ Proofreading Activity
completed
_____ Final paper approved and
accepted
Critical Study Chart for
Task #2 (Scientific Writing)
Title
of Selection
Author’s
Name / Identity
Date
of Composition / Publication
Description
of Format
Setting?
Plot?
Characters?
Characterization?
Dialogue?
Description
of Content
Subject?
Theme?
Narrator?
Imagery?
Figurative Language?
Diction?
Unique
or Interesting Features
Effectiveness
/ Relevance
Comparison / Contrast Study
Chart for Task #3 (Critical Analysis)
___________________
____________________
Time/Place
Social
Conditions
Significance
Format
Unique
Features
Theme(s)
Figures
of Speech
Areas
of Relevance
Literary Criticism Study
Chart for Task #4 (Persuasive Essay)
Work
you have chosen?
Author
/ Date of Publication?
Area
of Focus you have chosen?
Evidence
from Work in the Area of Focus?
Your
idea about this evidence?
Which
evidence supports your idea?
Is
there additional evidence from the work to support your idea?
Which
evidence contradicts your idea?
Is
there additional evidence from the work that contradicts your idea?
Are
you convinced that the evidence substantially supports your idea?
Formulate
your thesis:
Arrange
your supporting evidence from weakest to strongest:
Arrange
the contradictory evidence from strongest to weakest:
Discuss
your thesis and evidence with at least two other people. Does it seem that they are swayed by your
reasoning? Do they have anything to add
to your evidence either in support or in contradiction?
Discuss
your thesis and evidence with your instructor.
If your instructor has no further evidence to add, and if you are
convinced that your thesis is solidly supported by the evidence, then you may
begin to draft your argument.
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[Revision Guidelines for Tasks 1-4]