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Helping Students Discover How to Omit Needless Words

When students have completed what they think is the final draft of an essay, I find it useful to do the following editing activity. I don't tell students what we are about to do. I want them to discover the process of omitting needless words. Here are the steps I use, which you are welcome to use or adapt.

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