Review of Buster Bronco’s Surf Restaurant”
In this task, you will make edits and suggest revisions for a piece of unedited, unrevised work. You will submit a marked-up copy of your chosen text along with a written response that provides feedback.
A. Select one of the attached sample texts to revise and edit, and then submit the text with at least five clearly marked edits and three revisions:
• “Sample 1”
• “Sample 2”
• “Sample 3”
• “Sample 4”
Note: The writing quality of the original, unedited document will not be evaluated.
Note: You can revise and edit the document by hand or by using an editing function on a word-processing document (e.g., Track Changes in Microsoft Word).
B. Discuss the changes you made to the text in part A by doing the following:
1. Describe the revisions needed for the structure, content, and organization of the text.
2. Describe the edits needed for the grammar, punctuation, and word choice of the text.
C. Provide feedback to the writer of your chosen text by answering the following questions:
• Explain why the introduction is successful or unsuccessful at drawing you in.
• Describe the greatest strength of the text.
• Describe the weakest part of the text.
• Explain whether the conclusion is successful or unsuccessful at bringing the text to a close.
D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
