Friday, November 9, 2012

Original Paragraph of essay two and its revised version



Original Paragraph of Essay 2
President Obama builds moral and professional credibility for himself through his speech in order to earn his audience trust and confidence. First he started his speech with sense of appreciation toward his family, his wise president, and his chairwoman which show he is a thankful man with family values. Then he reassures that his values are the same as American values. The American values are the fundamental values of democracy such as that hard work will pay off; that responsibility will be rewarded; that everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules. He earns his professional credibility by reminding that he is not only a governor, but also he is the President of the United States who has earns four years of experience in this position and his leadership has been tasted. For this reason he points out some of his promises that he made when he was a candidate for his first of presidency and now all of them came true; for example, he promised to end the war in Iraq. He did. He promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11.He did. Al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead, and the project of world’s trade center monument is finished.
Revised Version of Paragraph
President Obama builds moral and professional credibility for himself through his speech in order to earn his audience trust and confidence. First he started his speech with sense of appreciation toward his family, his vice president, and his chairwoman which shows that he is a thankful man with family values. Then he reassures that his values are the same as American values. The American values are the fundamental values of democracy such as the believe that hard work will pay off; that responsibility will be rewarded; that everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules. He earns his professional credibility by reminding American audience that he is not only a governor, but also the President of the United States who has earned four years of experience in this position with the testing of his leadership. For this reason, he points out some of the promises he made when he was an electoral candidate for his first of presidency. For example, he promised to end the war in Iraq. He did! He promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. He did! Al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead, and the project of world’s trade center monument is finished.
To revision this paragraph, I made some grammar correction, some spelling correction. I eliminate some wordiness. I also paraphrased some sentences to make them more cohesive and could be read smoothly. I did not change my topic sentence. I got rid of a sentence which makes conflict in my essay. “Now all of them come true.” I did not go over all of president Obama’s promises so I cannot write all of his promises came true. I also added exclamation point here and there to keep the reader entertained.

3 comments:

  1. I really appreciate how you use the highlighted words to show the grammatical errors you corrected. I think the revised paragraph alot better. It sounds much better and you definitely eliminated much that didn't need to be there. It is much easier when going in with an open mind and looking for the grammatical errors. The paragraph reads very smoothly and goes together well. I think you did a fantastic job.

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  2. Thanks for reading the whole thing, your comment, and your encouragement. In this paragraph, my topic sentence matches well with my thesis so I decided to correct the grammar errors and and paraphrase some of the sentences. I hope this does the job for essay revision.

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  3. Wonderful ideas and methods to improve your writing. However, I do not advise the use of exclamation points in formal writing because they make the writing seem less... formal.

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