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2. Revision (writing) - Wikipedia

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   Revision is a process in writing of rearranging, adding, or removing paragraphs, sentences, or words. Writers may revise their writing after a draft is complete or during the composing process. Revision involves many of the strategies known generally as editing but also can entail larger conceptual shifts of purpose and audience as well as content.

3. Five-paragraph essay - Wikipedia

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   The five-paragraph essay is a form of essay having five paragraphs : one concluding paragraph. The introduction serves to inform the reader of the basic premises, and then to state the author's thesis, or central idea. A thesis can also be used to point out the subject of each body paragraph. When a thesis essay is applied to this format, the ...

4. Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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   July 30, 2006. Ratings. 4.5/5. Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing is an educational podcast produced by Mignon Fogarty that was launched in July 2006 and the title of a print book by Fogarty that was released in July 2008. The podcast, which has ranked as high as #2 on iTunes, [1] offers short one-topic English grammar ...

5. Wikipedia:Writing better articles - Wikipedia

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   Overly long paragraphs should be split up, as long as the cousin paragraphs keep the idea in focus. One-sentence paragraphs are unusually emphatic, and should be used sparingly. Some paragraphs are really tables or lists in disguise. They should be rewritten as prose or converted to their unmasked form.

6. Donald Murray (writer) - Wikipedia

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   Donald Murray (writer) Donald Morison Murray (September 16, 1924 – December 30, 2006) [1] was an American journalist and English professor. [2] He wrote for many journals, authored several books on the art of writing and teaching, and served as writing coach for several national newspapers. After writing multiple editorials about changes in ...

7. Essay - Wikipedia

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   Essay. An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal and informal: formal essays are characterized by "serious purpose, dignity, logical organization ...