Tag: style

Thinking Toward Your First Revision

Fastwrite

On the last page of your X3, rank order your three pieces so far in terms of their potential to be developed into a full, polished essay. Include the following:

• Assignment Number
• Title
• One-sentence summary/reminder of your focus
• What you like the most so far
• What you most need to do in revision

Developing a More Sophisticated Style

• Stops and Pauses: Period, colon, semicolon, comma, and dash
• The M-Dash

Some Experiments

(1)

How would you punctuate the following lines from Bull Durham?

(2)

Go back through your X3. Find two places where you can make different uses of an M-Dash.Rewrite the sentences in pen. You don’t have to keep the new versions if you like the old ones better.

To Do

1. Wed, 10/09, class: Discuss X3.
2. Fri, 10/11: No Class. Fall break..
3. Mon, 10/14: No Class. Conferences with me to discuss the annotated version of the piece that you plan to develop and revise.
4. Wed,, 10/16: No Class. Conferences with me to discuss the annotated version of the piece that you plan to develop and revise.