My editor really helped me try to think of new words. S/He pointed out lots of my boring verbs and gave me some suggestions that I could use to change them into more active verbs. S/He also pointed out places where my nouns weren’t very clear and gave me suggestions for things I could say to make what I am talking about more clear.

3

My editor pointed out lots of my boring verbs and places where my nouns weren’t very clear, but s/he didn’t give me many suggestions that I could use to change them or make what I am trying to say more clear.

2

My editor pointed out a few of my boring verbs and vague nouns and didn’t give me much advice that I could use replace them with more active verbs or specific nouns.

1

My editor gave me at least 10 specific suggestions that I could use to make my words more interesting.

3

My editor gave me 5 specific suggestions that I could use to make my words more interesting.

2

My editor gave me fewer than 5 specific suggestions that I could use to make my words more interesting.

1

My editor looked at all of my sentence beginnings, pointed out places where my sentence beginnings had the same pattern, and gave me specific ideas about how to rewrite them.

3

My editor looked at most of my sentence beginnings, pointed out places where the sentences began the same way, but did not give me specific ideas about what I could do about it.

2

My editor said it sounded good and moved on.

1

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