Revision of informative article on local/contemporary issue

About this Assignment In this final assignment of the unit, you will revise and refine the informative article you drafted in Assignment 2. Throughout the course, you have practiced researching, outlining, drafting, and organizing an informative text for a general audience. This task focuses on revision–the purposeful process of improving clarity, accuracy, structure, flow, and impact. Course Learning Outcomes The following course learning outcomes are assessed in this assignment: Perform the key steps in the writing process, including brainstorming, researching, outlining, drafting, and revising. Revise texts to improve clarity, persuasiveness, and appropriateness for audience and purpose. Related Lessons Writing Revision: How to Fix Mistakes in Your Writing How to Edit and Improve Essay Content Evaluating Reasoning in an Essay or Article Prompt Using the full draft of your informative article from Assignment 2, revise your work to produce a polished final version (1,000-1,200 words) suitable for publication in a general-audience outlet such as a local newspaper, community newsletter, or civic blog. Be sure to use the feedback you received on earlier assignments as well as your own careful review and proof reading. Your submission should include: Annotated First Draft Markup your first draft based on the feedback provided to you as well as your own careful review and proof reading. Include in-line comments explaining what needs to change at the sentence or paragraph level (e.g., organization, clarity, transitions, rhetoric) Include line edits for grammar or mechanics errors Include line edits for improving diction, style, or tone Revised Final Draft Your final article should demonstrate substantial revision based on feedback from Assignment 1 and Assignment 2. The goal is to meaningfully improve the article’s structure, logic, and communication. Your essay should be well-organized, thoroughly proofread, and formatted according to standard academic conventions. Specifically, it should demonstrate: Refinement of your explanation of causes, impacts, and proposed solutions for a local and/or contemporary issue. Stronger incorporation of evidence and sources with appropriate citations. Strengthened organization, clarity, flow, transitions, and readability. Improved diction, tone, and attention to audience needs. Polished and error-free in terms of grammar and mechanics Reflection (200-250 words) After completing your final draft, reflect on your revision and overall writing process. Describe: Which parts of your draft needed the most improvement The major revisions you made (organization, clarity, transitions, grammar, tone, evidence, etc.) Why you made those changes, including how your revisions strengthened your argument or improved readability What you learned about the writing process from completing these three assignments Formatting & Sources Please write your paper in the MLA format. You may refer to the course material for supporting evidence, but you must also use at least three external sources and cite them using MLA format. Please include a mix of both primary and secondary sources, with at least one source from a scholarly peer-reviewed journal. If you use any Study.com lessons as sources, please also cite them in MLA (including the lesson title and instructor’s name). Primary sources are first-hand accounts such as interviews, advertisements, speeches, company documents, statements, and press releases. Secondary sources come from peer-reviewed scholarly journals such as The Journal of Social Media in Society. You may use sources like JSTOR, Google Scholar, a Gale to find articles from these journals. Secondary sources may also come from reputable websites with .gov, .edu, or .org in the domain. (Wikipedia is not a reputable source, though the sources listed in Wikipedia articles may be acceptable.) If you’re unsure about how to use MLA format to cite your sources, please see the following lessons: What is MLA Format? 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