1. Editing and Revising

2. What does REVISING and EDITING BOTH do?
Helps the reader read along smoothly
Improves the quality of the writing

3. Revising
Adding, changing, or deleting parts of the piece to help the writing flow
Turn WORN OUT words into VIVID WORDS
Coming up with an interesting lead that hooks the reader
Coming up with a conclusion that sums things up
Adding specific descriptions, explanations, and details
Organizing ideas in an order that makes sense
Use ARMS to help writers understand what “revision” means
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4. ARMS Add – (details, snapshots, dialogue, examples, etc.)
Remove – (distractors, unnecessary dialogue, details that don’t fit, weak ideas)
Move – (words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs)
Substitute – (more powerful words, stronger verbs for adverbs)

5. Editing Changing letters to CAPITALS or lowercase
Correcting misspelled words
Adding, deleting, or changing punctuation
Indenting paragraphs
Double space typed papers
12 pt FONT
Header with your NAME, DATE, CLASS
Title in center 12pt FONT
Use CUPS
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6. CUPS
Capitalization
Usage
Punctuation
Spelling