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Revising Arguments for Clarity Worksheet

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Revising Arguments for Clarity Worksheet
Grade 7 English Language Arts LearnCrux.com
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Directions
  • Fill in each blank carefully.
  • Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
  • Match each prompt to the best option before writing your answer.
  • Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. Revision should improve logic, clarity, and __.
2. Which revision would most strengthen a weak paragraph?
3. Match the revision focus to the job: logic
Match with:
Answer:
4. A writer should revise for audience, purpose, and __.
5. Why is making an essay longer not the same as revising it well?
6. Which sentence sounds most formal?
7. A clear connection between reason and evidence improves the argument's __.
8. Why should writers reread their counterclaim and rebuttal during revision?
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. support
2. Replace a vague example with survey data and explain how it proves the reason.
3. checks whether reasons and evidence truly fit the claim
4. style
5. Good revision improves the quality of the claim, support, organization, and explanation instead of only adding extra words
6. This approach is less effective because it provides little evidence of long-term benefit.
7. logic
8. They need to make sure the counterclaim is fair and the rebuttal actually answers the strongest opposing point

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