Ready to begin revising and proofreading your essay

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Question: After you have written your first draft, you are ready to begin revising and proofreading your essay. Revising is perhaps the most important step in the essay-writing process. Read your first draft slowly and carefully to yourself, aloud if possible. Imagine you are a reader who has never seen the paper before. As you read, underline trouble spots and write in the margins. Following is a list of things to check when you are revising. IS Incomplete sentence MIS Misspelled word or sound-alike and look-alike error VAR Needs sentence variety UN Unclear sentence TP Missing topic sentence CUT Sentence does not belong in paragraph TRAN Missing transition LINK Paragraphs not linked THESIS Heavy-handed or vague thesis statement.

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