5.8: Discussion

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1. How do you use brainstorming, other prewriting, and/or initial/ zero drafts in your writing?

2. What are the main differences between a preliminary and a presentation draft? With these terms in mind, how would you describe your own drafting process?

3. What have you learned about making writing and revision choices based on your own thinking? What have you learned about acting on feedback from readers like your peers or your instructor?

4. What have you learned about giving feedback to other writers? How will you apply it the next time you give feedback to another writer?

5. This chapter uses the American Psychological Association (APA) style for formatting in-text citations and bibliographic entries. Compare it to the Modern Language Association (MLA) style that you have seen in other Writing Spaces’ chapters. Discuss how APA in-text citations compare to MLA. How are the bibliographic references on an APA References page different from those on a MLA Works Cited page?

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