16.1: Module 6: Drafting and Revising

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During this module, you’ll outline, draft, and revise a definition/evaluation essay.

Step 1 – Read About the Essay Assignment

Read the description of the Definitional Argument Essay.

Read the description of Outlining.

Step 2 – Discussion Activities

Discussion 6A – Outline Your Paper

A definition or categorical evaluation argument is an easy style of essay to organize because you can structure your paragraphs around the criteria you chose to define the term or category.

For this discussion assignment, create an outline for your essay. Your outline should include the following points:

the topic (the term you will define)
the main idea
the definition criteria you will discuss
important supporting points
sources/quotes from sources
potential rebuttals to the main idea/supporting points

Your outline should present your ideas in the same order you anticipate for your essay.

Step 4 – Draft the Essay

Re-read the description of the Definitional Argument Essay.

Then, draft your essay.

Step 5 – Discussion 6B – Peer Feedback

After you submit the initial draft of your essay through the Assignments tool, post a copy of it in the Discussion 6B forum.

You will then provide feedback to two classmates. Ideally you will respond to the person who posted before you and after you (although if you are the first or last to post you will have to pick others).

At this point, do not address spelling, punctuation, or grammar. Remember these are initial drafts that may not have been proofread yet.

Use the Peer Review Form to provide your feedback. The questions on this form will guide you to consider the paper’s strengths, as well as ways it might be made stronger. You will learn about what makes an essay effective through considering these points, and you may even decide that you want to complete the form on your own essay, in addition to the two essays of your classmates.

Step 6 – Revise your Essay

Considering the feedback from your instructor and classmates, revise your essay.

Module 6: Drafting and Revising. Authored by: Cathy Thwing and Eric Aldrich. Provided by: Pima Community College. License: CC BY: Attribution