CHAPTER 5REVISING & FORMATTING YOUR RESEARCH PAPER

Copyright © 2010 Terry Hudson

Rereading and Reviewing Your Draft

Revising for Structure & Style

Improving Paragraphs

Improving SentencesCopyright © 2010 Terry Hudson

• Content Verbs Vs. Empty Verbs

• Action Verbs

• Active Voice Vs. Passive Voice

• Editing for Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling

Copyright © 2010 Terry Hudson

Keep Backup Copy

Spell Check

Check for Misused Words

Thesaurus

Grammar Checking SoftwareCopyright © 2010 Terry Hudson

Quotation Marks or Block Indent Capital Letters Within Quotations May

Change Brackets for Explanations Ellipses for Omitted Material Change End Punctuation to Fit Period After Citation (Except Block

Indents) Question Marks/Explanation Points

Copyright © 2010 Terry Hudson

Scroll Through for Form Wait Several Hours After Printing to Proof Use Pointer or Ruler to Proof Proofread Several Times Get A Distance from Your Own Words Get A Friend/Classmate to Proofread Also

Copyright © 2010 Terry Hudson

Word Processing One Side Page, Double Space 1 to 1 ½” Margins Title Page Page Numbering Indentation (5 spaces) Word Spacing (1-2 between sentences)

Copyright © 2010 Terry Hudson

Abstract

References page

Annotated Bibliography

Copyright © 2010 Terry Hudson