Local Perspective*

The term Local Perspective is used by teachers, editors, writers, and critics to refer to the practice of talking about a document or revising a document at the syntactical perspective.

The Local Perspective may be called

• Microscopic Level or Micro Level
• Syntactical, Sentence level or Linguistic Level.

[ *Alternative Title: Syntactical Perspective, Sentence-Level Perspective ]

The practice of engaging in a local perspective is an act of editing rather than an act of revision. When editors, bosses, or instructors critique a text from the local perspective, they are examining it sentence-by-sentence, looking for stylistic infelicities, i.e., errors of usage, convention.

Related Concepts

In Writing Studies,

• Editing
  The practice of editing is synonymous with engaging in a local perspective.
  
• Revision
  the practice of revision is closely associated with engaging in a Global Perspective. Writing Faculty encourage students to engage in revision long before they even consider editing.
  
• Style