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Section 1 Why and How to Revise（第1页）

Se1:WhyandHowtoRevise

Mostofuswhoputeruandrevisionasanoantprocess。Everytimeyouhitthedeletebuttoimeyoudpaste，everytimeyoutakeoutaaeonewordforanother，y。

Butrealrevisiohanmakingafewgeshereandthere。Realrevisioyouopeothepossibilitythatpartsofyourpaper—andeveirepaper—mighthought，aen。

&hisstateofmindisdifficult。First，youmightbeveryattachedtowhatyou’vewritten。Youmaybeunwillingtogeaword，letalohreeraphs。Sed，thereisthematteroftime:yousehepaperneedsmajorwork，butitisduetomorrow，oryouhaveanexaminphysiingdownwithadknowthatyouosleep。Third，youmayhavediffiderstandily，iswrongwithyourpaper。Finally，youmightsimplybesidtiredofyourpaper。Howyougiveitahroughwheionhasyouinitsgrip?Whyshouldyoubebotheredwith（oroverwhelmedby）thepr?

Ofcourse，wemightceyouthatrevisionisworththeextraeffortsimplybysayingthatrevisingapaperwillhelpyoutoachieveabettergrade。Butmoreimportanttharevisingyourpapersteachesyoutobeabetterwriter。Studieshaveshownagainandagaiwaytolearorewrite。Intherevisionproprskillsandyouranalyticalskills。Youlearntogeyourowhusdeepeningaheningyumeofindtheweaknessesiny。Youmayeveernsoferrororhabitsanizationthatareunderminingyourpapers。

Thtakestimeaalsohelpsyoutobeoreeffitwriterdowntheroad。If，forexample，youhavedischtherevisioyoutendtoburyyourtopithemiddleraphs，youtakethisdiscoverywithyouasyoudraftyourpaper。Youarelesslikelytomakethatparticularmistakeagain。

Perhapswe’veahequestion“WhyshouldIrevise?”Theion，ofcourse，is“How?”。

Activity1-1:Differentkinds

Therearemakindsaslistedbelow。Pleasematchthetermsoheexplanatio。

Notes

Allrevisionisbasedoedreadidraft。Dedicatedwritersarefanaticabtheirmaterial。Oclaimedherevisedeverypage20times;aedthathewentovereverylileast150times。

Howoftenshouldyougohdraftasyoureviseit?ly，thetypitotgooverthematerial30or150timesorevemteachersagreethattheresearchpaperwritershouldgooverthetextaminimumofthreetimes。

&，wewilllookatthesedifferentkindsasomespedusefuladvihowtorevise。