At my high school in order to graduate you have to have written a senior research paper which was worth a large percentage of your final grade. My paper was on how police officers need stricter rules and harsher punishments for breaking these rules. Before I even began an outline or any form of preparations, I had to do a lot of research to be sure that I had enough information on this topic in order to write a paper. Once I was certain on my topic I then created an outline. I also made note cards which we had to turn in with our paper. The process of actually writing the paper took weeks. I definitely listened to music while writing it as I do for all papers. I had a least two rough drafts that were read by my teacher before I actually typed the final paper. Overall it was a very long process in order to finish this paper. It was something that couldn’t have been done the night before.
I think the difference between editing and revising is when you’re editing a paper you’re correcting small things like punctuation and grammar. When revising you’re actually reading through the entire paper and making major changes such as moving sentences and/or paragraphs and rearranging them to make sure paper sound better.
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