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534 examples and lessons to explore. Find an approach, follow the thinking, and try it in your own writing.
Revise a Paragraph for a Different Reader
Learn to adapt a paragraph’s necessary context for a new reader without changing its central point. A fictional example shows how to revise for a newcomer while keeping the original message intact.
Write an Opinion Article Responsibly
Learn to separate a writer’s position from factual statements that need support, then revise an opinion article so readers can tell what is argued, what is asserted as fact, and what still needs evidence.
Replace a Vague Transition
Learn to identify the relationship between two adjacent ideas and choose a transition that names that relationship instead of relying on a vague phrase.
Revise for a Reader Who Disagrees
Learn to find an unstated assumption in a claim and add the explanation a skeptical reader needs to follow your reasoning.
Balance a Paragraph’s Evidence and Explanation
When examples begin to crowd a paragraph, keep the evidence that matters and add reasoning that shows how it supports the point.
Use a short quotation selectively
Learn to choose only the words from a passage that support your point, introduce them clearly, and explain their significance.
Make a description spatially coherent
Use a stable viewpoint and a clear order of movement to help readers picture where details are in a scene. A worked revision shows how to turn a scattered description into a route the reader can follow.
Paraphrase without changing the claim
A careful paraphrase changes a sentence’s structure and wording while preserving what it does—and does not—claim. This lesson shows how to retain scope and uncertainty during revision.
Revise a Conclusion’s Final Sentence
Learn to replace an oversized concluding claim with a specific consequence that follows from the paragraph’s evidence.
Explain Why a Criterion Matters
A comparison paragraph is stronger when it explains how a criterion helps meet the comparison’s stated purpose. Learn to connect the standard, the goal, and the resulting judgment.
Distinguish a Cause from a Coincidence
Learn to revise a paragraph that treats two events happening together as proof that one caused the other. Add the reasoning that supports a causal claim, or qualify the wording when the evidence is limited.
Break an Overloaded Sentence
Learn to split a sentence that carries too many ideas without losing the logical connections that make those ideas clear.