{"id":1282,"date":"2020-01-31T22:31:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T22:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/coreqenglish1\/chapter\/outcome-revising-for-content\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T22:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T22:44:59","slug":"introduction-to-revising-for-content-and-structure","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/chapter\/introduction-to-revising-for-content-and-structure\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Revising for Content and Structure","rendered":"Introduction to Revising for Content and Structure"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do: evaluate revision strategies<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-1249 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2097\/2019\/06\/20131048\/writersblock.png\" alt=\"Meme: Not sure if I've conquered Writer's Block or if I'm writing nonsense.\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/>Revising for content begins when you have a draft. You could have a substantial draft, and you may be wondering how to make sure your ideas are solid, logical, and persuasive to your particular audience. Or, your draft may fall short of the assignment's length expectations, and you may be wondering how to expand or develop your ideas. No matter where you are in the revision process, you will want to carefully consider the content, supporting evidence, and organization of your essay. 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No matter where you are in the revision process, you will want to carefully consider the content, supporting evidence, and organization of your essay. Having an organized essay will help your reader follow the points you want to make.<\/p>\n<p>In this section, you\u2019ll learn to identify and evaluate different revision strategies for supporting and arranging ideas.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1282\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Outcome: Revising for Content. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Jenny Bucksbarg. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: University of Mississippi. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">All rights reserved content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Futurama Fry. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/futurama-fry-not-sure-if\">https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/futurama-fry-not-sure-if<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>All Rights Reserved<\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Fair Use<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":29,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Outcome: Revising for Content\",\"author\":\"Jenny Bucksbarg\",\"organization\":\"University of Mississippi\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"copyrighted_video\",\"description\":\"Futurama Fry\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/futurama-fry-not-sure-if\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"arr\",\"license_terms\":\"Fair Use\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"b5d6ee8e-d011-4151-b911-56dab6f26c7b","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1282","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":275,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6494,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1282\/revisions\/6494"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/275"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1282\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1282"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1282"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}