ASSIGNMENT: Review the in-text comments and summary feedback you received on your Touchstone 3 draft. Then submit a revision of your Touchstone 3 draft that reflects the evaluator’s feedback, making all necessary changes to the idea development, organization, style, and conventions. Make sure to include a copy of your Touchstone 3 draft below the reflection questions for this unit.
As this assignment builds on Touchstone 3: Draft a Project Proposal, that Touchstone must be graded before you can submit your final research essay.
Sample Touchstone 4
In order to foster learning and growth, all work you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any plagiarized or recycled work will result in a Plagiarism Detected alert. Review Touchstones: Academic Integrity Guidelines for more about plagiarism and the Plagiarism Detected alert. For guidance on the use of generative AI technology, review Ethical Standards and Appropriate Use of AI.
A. Directions
Step 1: Revise Persuasive Proposal
When finalizing your persuasive essay, you will need to use prior feedback to edit and revise your draft. The final version should be cohesive and have sources integrated throughout. It is also important to proofread and check for grammar and spelling errors.
As you revise you persuasive proposal, you should consider the following components:
Revision Components Description
Editing and Revising
Significantly revise the essay by adjusting areas like organization, focus, and clarity.
Make comprehensive edits to word choice, sentence variety, and style.
Edits and revisions should address all the feedback provided by your evaluator.
Cohesion and Source Integration
Present information in a logical order that is easy for the reader to follow.
Include smooth transitions between sentences and paragraphs.
Introduce your sources clearly and in a way that demonstrates their validity to the reader.
Conventions and Proofreading
Double-check for correct formatting, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.
Ensure that any cited material is represented accurately.
Cite all source material properly according to APA guidelines.
Step 2: Reflection Questions
Below your assignment, include answers to all of the following reflection questions.
How much time did you spend revising your draft? What revision strategies did you use and which worked best for you? (2-3 sentences)
List three concrete revisions that you made and explain how you made them. What problem did you fix with each of these revisions? Issues may be unity, cohesion, rhetorical appeals, content, or any other areas on which you received constructive feedback. (4-5 sentences)
What did you learn about your writing process or yourself as a writer? How has your understanding of the research process changed as a result of taking this course? (2-3 sentences)
Refer to the checklist below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets these guidelines.
Editing and Revising
❒ Have you revised your draft composition, including adjustments to organization, focus, clarity, and/or unity where needed or appropriate?
❒ Have you made comprehensive edits to the draft composition, including adjustments to word choice, sentence completeness, sentence variety, and/or style where needed or appropriate?
Cohesion and Source Integration
❒ Have you introduced sources smoothly and effectively through direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary?
❒ Have you used APA formatting for references?
❒ Did you sequence ideas and paragraphs logically and use smooth transitions (within and between paragraphs) such that the reader can easily follow the progression of ideas?
Conventions and Proofing
❒ Have you double-checked for correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, formatting, and capitalization?
❒ Have you proofread to find and correct typos?
Reflection
❒ Have you answered all reflection questions thoughtfully and included insights, observations, and/or examples in all responses?
❒ Are your answers included on a separate page below the composition?
Before You Submit
❒ Have you included your name, date, and course in the top left corner of the page?
❒ Is your essay between 1500 and 2000 words in length (6-8 pages)?
