Revising Strategies

Question 1

What is Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level?

Answer 1

Rating of text on U.S. school grade level. A score of 8.0 means that an eighth grader can understand the document.

Question 2

How is Flesch-Kincaid grade level calculated?

Answer 2

(0.39ASL)+(11.8ASW)

ASL: average sentence length (number of words divided by number of sentences)
ASW: average number of syllabus per word(number of syllabus divided by number of words)

Question 3

How much time should we leave for editing and revising?

Answer 3

20-40%

Question 4

What do novice focus on when editing?

Answer 4

Style(add,delete); correctness(add,delete,substitute, rearrange)

Question 5

What do experts focus on when editing?

Answer 5

Persuasion/substance(add, delete, substitute, rearrange); style(substitute, rearrange).