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Radarrevisionstrategies Charthandout
Radarrevisionstrategies Charthandout
R=
Replace
Contractions
Droppedquotes
Clauseerrors
Sentencesthatare
unclear/donotmake
completesense/awkward
Verbinconsistencies
Subject/verbagreement
Pronoundisagreement
Ambiguouspronouns
PointofView
inconsistencies
1st&2ndPersonPOV
Wordsthatareweakor
notspecific(ex.very,a
lot,so,really)
Wordsthatareoverused
A=
Add
Clausesandphrasesto
varysyntax(Opening,
Interrupting,&Closing
Elements)
ThesisReminders
Counterclaims
Textevidence
Commentary
demonstratingdepthof
thinking
Quoteintegration
varietyofall4methods
Transitional
words/phrases
Strongdiction
Rhetoricaldevices
Rhetoricalappeals
D=
Delete
Auxiliaryverbsnot
neededtoshowtense
Thereis&thereare
Dummysubjects
Relativepronounthat
whenitisnot
necessary
Unrelatedideasor
unnecessarydetails
Repeatedwordsor
phrasesNOTfor
rhetoricaleffect
R=
Reorder
Clauseerrors
Passivevoicetoactive
voice
Organizetosupportthe
argument
Tomakebettersense
ortoflowbetter&
supportthecontrolling
claim
Splitinfinitives