Name: ___________________
Date: ___________________
STAR
Editing and Revising Activity
S
(Substitute)
T
(Take Out)
Details and description
Overused
words
Weak verbs with
strong verbs
Weak adjectives with
strong adjectives
A
(Add)
Figurative language
Unnecessary repetition
Unimportant or
irrelevant information
Cliches for stronger,
descriptive phrases
Clarification of
Meaning
Words to show not tell
A strong ending
A meaningful title
Editing & Revising
The best way to improve as a writer is through constant
drafting and revising. After you edit a piece once,
you should revise it again, and again, and again!
These STAR steps should help your writing become less
choppy/more fluent and easy to understand as well as
more descriptive and engaging to read.
R
(Rearrange)
The sequence to create
a stronger story
Words and sentences
to avoid repetitive
word choice
Sentences to create
compound sentences
and avoid having short
choppy sentences.