Prepared by Filiz Kaynak Dişkaya

1. YTU WRITING CENTERWORKSHOP REVISING YOUR ESSAY

2. What is this workshop for? IN ORDER TO FIND CLUES TO EVALUATE YOUR WRITING ON YOUR OWN.

3. This is an exampleessaywrittenby a student. Pleaseread it. 1) At the present day, reading is many things coming after.2) Especially people are so busy working at the moment. 3) Some people have many problems for do not read a book to themselves. 4) Basically this aren't escuses, so we are to give information two necessery book. 5) Firstly, we are speaking about "Bin MuhteşemGüneş" by KhaledHosseini. 6) This book is about two women, in Afghanistan. 7) However two attachtment, two love, two life... 8) This book to talk abaout emotional event and real life.9) While reading this book and will think feel sory. 10) Secondly, let me explain about "Oku AmaNeyi?" by Taşkın Tuna. 11) Anyhow this book to report the relatinship between people and god. 12) This book give scientific information to us. 13) Unlike "A Thousand Splendid Sun", "Read but What?" is boring and long book, but "Read but What?" is more chalenging and realist "A Thousand Splendid Sun". 14) To conclude this two book should be read. 15) One of the many books similar to them

4. EditingandProofreading EditingandProofreading aretwodifferentsteps tocheckyourwrittenwork.

5. Editingmeansrevisingyouressay in terms of organizationandcontent.

6. HOW CAN YOU EDIT?Whenyoucompletewritingyourfirstdraft, firstly, youshouldcheckthepointsbelow:

7. Nowlet’s ask thesequestionsforthestudentessay 1) At the present day, reading is many things coming after.2) Especially people are so busy working at the moment. 3) Some people have many problems for do not read a book to themselves. 4) Basically this aren't escuses, so we are to give information two necessery book. 5) Firstly, we are speaking about "Bin MuhteşemGüneş" by KhaledHosseini. 6) This book is about two women, in Afghanistan. 7) However two attachtment, two love, two life... 8) This book to talk abaout emotional event and real life.9) While reading this book and will think feel sory. 10) Secondly, let me explain about "Oku AmaNeyi?" by Taşkın Tuna. 11) Anyhow this book to report the relatinship between people and god. 12) This book give scientific information to us. 13) Unlike "A Thousand Splendid Sun", "Read but What?" is boring and long book, but "Read but What?" is more chalenging and realist "A Thousand Splendid Sun". 14) To conclude this two book should be read. 15) One of the many books similar to them

8. Youmight be a littleconfused. Theessaygives a positiveansweralmostforallthequestionsabove. It has trivialproblemswithorganizationandcontent (!) WELL THEN, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

10. Proofreading Thenext step is proofreading. Basically, it meanscorrectingsentencelevelmistakeslikegrammarorvocabulary. Proofreadingmight be difficultforyou, howeveryoumightchecksomepointsafteryouwritethem. At yourlevel, youshouldcheckeachsentenceansweringthesequestions.

11. Checkthesepointsafteryouwriteeachsentence.

12. Let’stake a look at thissentencefromtheessay in ordertoproofread. This book to talk abaout emotional event and real life.

13. Finally… Onedraft is not enough. Youshouldedityourfirstdraft. Andthen start proofreading. However, youressaymightstillhavesomemistakes. Findsomeonetoread it again.

14. Thankyouforyourparticipation Composedby Filiz Kaynak Dişkaya YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY WRITING CENTER March,2011