The goal of this assignment is to get you to revisit your earlier writing and improve it. Now that you've done a lot of writing and critical thinking in this course, your skills have strengthened, and it's time to put them to the test!
You will be expected to make revisions according to the suggestions I gave you when I graded the essay. Please review my final draft comments.
If I did not give you any particular suggestions for improvement because you got a high score, you may go ahead and simply extend your paper, by adding in more examples or another outside resource; you may also wish to add in a new topic or two.
Your re-write should be at minimum 1-2 full pages longer than your last iteration of the paper.
Important note: If your original paper did not meet the minimum page count requirement, then you need to make sure that your revision paper is at minimum five full pages long.
Go back and revisit the initial instructions for this paper before beginning.
Add in detail where it is lacking, correct grammar, strengthen your analysis, and re-work organization. If your MLA formatting and quote incorporation is wacky, you need to fix it.
You should make revisions to every paragraph if you got a B or lower; if you got a B+ or higher you should primarily work on extending the paper.
You can visit me during office hours to discuss your work, should you need additional input. Please keep in mind I am not on campus during finals week, so you should set up these appointments ASAP.
Lastly but most importantly, make sure to submit BOTH your original essay and the revision TOGETHER in one document. Specify at the top of both papers which is the ORIGINAL and which is the REVISION by writing either ORIGINAL or REVISION.
Failure to include BOTH versions of the paper will result in a zero for the final.
Failure to revise the paper in a substantial way will also result in a zero. So, you may not simply re-submit the paper as it originally was written. This will not result in "some points" but will result in a zero.
Please note as well that this paper does not replace the grade for the original paper, but is an entirely new grade in its own right. See the grade breakdown on the syllabus if you have questions regarding points.
This assignment is intentionally not too heavy-hitting; I don't want you to be swamped at the end of the semester. However, do give it the time and energy it requires to be a success! I know you can do it!
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