Chapter 17 Summary - The Bedford Researcher

Chapter 17 of Mike Palmquist's book, The bedford Researcher, is broken down into two different sections. One, revising your document by assessing how well it responds to a specific writing situation and two, editing your document through evaluation and improvement of expressions of information, ideas, and arguments in your paper. Palmquist says that when revising your document focus on considering your writing situation; considering your argument and ideas; considering your use and integration of sources; considering the structure and organization or your document; and considering the genre and design. As for strategies when revising your paper Palmquist recommends saving multiple drafts; highlighting your main point, reason, and evidence; challenging your assumptions; scan, outline, and map your document well; and finally, ask for feedback from a number of people. The second half of chapter 17 is about what to focus on when editing your document and what strategies to use when editing. Things like accuracy; economy; consistency; style; spelling; grammar; and punctuation are all key points to focus on, while reading carefully; marking and searching your document; using spelling, grammar, and style tools with caution; and again, like revising, ask for feedback are all strategies to help you edit your paper.