What revisions will you make after completing the Reverse Outline?

Now that you’ve completed a draft and peer review, it’s time to focus in on revision. One excellent tool to help with revision, especially with organization and focus, is to compose a Reverse Outline.For this assignment, I’d like you to do just that. Follow the directions below on how to complete a Reverse Outline:Open your most recent draft of your essay.Open another blank Word document.Copy and paste the following into the blank document:Your thesis, or the sentence(s) that sum up your argument.The first and last sentences of each body paragraph.The sentence in your conclusion that you believe really hammers your point home.You should now have a skeletal version of your paper–read through it and see if your logic seems to transition well.First, take a look at your thesis and the relationship between your thesis and body paragraph sentences. Ask yourself:Is your thesis making an argument about your reading of the text, or is it merely an observation or fact about the plot/text? Does your thesis statement correspond with your concluding statement(s), or are they making different arguments? Do your body paragraph sentences refer back to, or act as smaller arguments that help to support your thesis statement? If not, how can you tie your arguments back to your thesis? Or, how might you alter your thesis to “fit” the arguments you are making in your body paragraphs and conclusion? What evidence from the text can you use to better support your thesis and/or your smaller body paragraph arguments?Second, take a look at your body paragraph sentences and how they relate to one another.Ask yourself:Do your body paragraph sentences connect to and flow with one another? Is each body paragraph sentence introducing a new concept or idea? Do the first and last sentence of your body paragraph accurately represent what you want to argue in that paragraph? How do your paragraphs speak to each other? Are they disconnected, or do they build toward the statement you’re making in your conclusion? If not, how can you rearrange or further connect each body paragraph to one another through the first and last sentences that you have included here? How can you re-work your body paragraph sentences to more accurately express the arguments you wish to make?As you revise, consider your answers to the questions above. How can your answers help you when revising your draft? If the sentences that you have highlighted in your skeletal outline do not work toward your overall thesis, then revise the portions of the essay that do not seem to follow.Once you’ve completed your Reverse Outline, look critically over the work you’ve done and answer the following questions:How might your reverse outline help with your revision process?What revisions will you make after completing the Reverse Outline?