Revision

Alice Horning And Anne Becker

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Explores the wide range of scholarship on revision while bringing new light to bear on enduring questions in composition and rhetoric.

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• Publié par: Parlor Press, LLC
• Date de parution: 22 mai 2006
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781932559774
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Revision History, heory, and Practice

Edited by Alice Horning and Anne Becker

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Revision : istory, teory, and practice / edited by Alice Horning, Anne Becker.  p. cm. -- (Reference guides to retoric and composition)  Includes bibliograpical references and index.  ISBN 1-932559-75-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 1-932559-76-0  (ardcover : alk. paper) -- ISBN 1-932559-77-9 (adobe ebook)  1. Editing. I. Horning, Alice S. II. Becker, Anne, 1944- .  III. Series.  PN162.H61 2006  808’.027--dc22  2006006625

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Contents P xi 1 I  O 3 Catherine Haar and Alice Horning 3 2  D  D 10 Catherine Haar Revision Defined by Scolars 11 Revision Defined in Practice 14 Revision as Correction 15 Revision as Development and Discovery 17 Revision as Retorical Goal-Setting and Function 18 Revision as Assertion of Identity 19 Students and Revision 20 Crucial Role for Teacing Revision Well 23 3  A R  W M R B  C P 25 Anne Becker Early Models—Basic Processes and Teir Key Sub-Categories 26 Task-centered Models—Assessing te Role of Reading and Memory in Revision 31 Recent Researc—Continued Analysis and Testing to Validate Revision Models 34 Instructional Tecniques 39 Computers and Teir Impact on Writing Model Researc 44 Implications for Classroom Instruction 46

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4  B W  R 50 Alice Horning and Jeanie Robertson Defining Basic Writers 50 Awarenesses and Basic Writers 53 Skills and Basic Writers 58 A “Pivotal Moment:” Some Suggestions and Recommendations 61 5  R  ESL S 63 Kasia Kietlinska History of te Discipline 64 Diversity of te ESL Student Population 65 Revision Attitudes of ESL Students 67 Revision Patterns of ESL Students 68 Revision Effectiveness of ESL Students 69 Revision Feedback by Teacers 71 Timing of Revision Feedback 75 Most Effective Tecniques of Revision Feedback 77 Peer Revision Feedback 78 Alternative Strategies to Support Revision 83 6  W’   T 88 Robert Lamphear Handbooks 89 Revision Focused Textbooks 97 Readers 99 Appendix: A Listing of Books from Major Composition Publisers 100 7  R  W P/ T/D D 102 Douglas Eyman and Colleen Reilly Scolarsip about Computer Applications and Revision 102 Basic Computer Applications and Revision Strategies 104 Cut and Paste 105 Font Formatting 105

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Contents

Textual Analysis Tools 106 Track Canges 107 Higligting and Commenting 109 Oter Applications for Peer Review 110 Remediation, Redesign, and Revision 112 Conclusion 115 Appendix: Directions for Using te Track Canges Tool in Microsoft Word 115 8  P W  R 117 Alice Horning Awarenesses and Skills: A Summary 117 Professionals’ Awareness 118 Professionals’ Skills 119 Metodology for te Case Studies 121 Case studies: Writing Teachers Revising 122 Background Questionnaire for Subject A 122 Task Questionnaire for Subject A 124 Observation of Subject A 125 Analysis of Revising: Subject A 127 Background Questionnaire for Subject B 130 Task Questionnaire for Subject B 131 Observation Report for Subject B 132 Analysis of Revising: Subject B 134 Cross-Case Analysis 136 Pedagogical Suggestions: A Summary 138 Appendix A: Background Questionnaire on Writing and Revising Strategies 139 Appendix B: Questionnaire for Revising Session 140 Appendix C: Practice Passage for Tink Aloud. 141 9  C W  R 142 David Stephen Calonne Creativity and Revision 143 Writers on Revision 147 Revision and Computers 161

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Te Role of Collaborators and Editors 164 Revision of Proofs and Galleys 165 Revision after Publication 168 Scolars Study Revision: Process Criticism 171 Wordswort, Parallel Texts, Nabokov, Poststructuralism, Hypertext and Beyond 174 10  B C P 177 Carol Trupiano Introduction 177 Peer Review 178 Writing Centers and Oter Writing Support Programs 185 Portfolios 188 Teacer and Student Conferences 190 Group Review Exercise 193 Modeling Exercise #1 194 Modeling Exercise #2 194 RolePlaying Exercise #1 195 RolePlaying Exercise #2 195 11  P G  W  T 197 Cathleen Breidenbach Revision: A Complex, Intuitive, and Elusive Process 198 Te Dangers of Practical Strategies 199 Revision’s Secret Identity 199 Te Fallacy of te Natural Writer 200 Te Difference between Deep Revision and Final Editing 202 Te Ants-at-a-Picnic Metapor 203 Breaking Old Habits: Colorizing Comments 204 Including Good News wit te Bad 204 Building Time into te Process 205 If It’s Not a Draft, It’s a Revision 206

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Risk-Free Revision 207 Divide and Conquer—Clusters of Consideration 208 Content: Argument, Logic, Narrative, Organization 208 Rhetorical Decisions: Purpose, Genre, Audience, Tone, and Point of View 210 Visualizing Henrietta 211 Style 214 Voice 216 Mecanics 218 Tis Muc We Know Is True—Writing Teacers Wo Write 218 G 220 Cathy McQueen

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