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Does Your Paper Have a Clear Organizational Division?
- Do you have introductory, body, and concluding paragraphs?
- Does your introduction establish the relevance of your topic?
- Do you tell the reader why you are discussing your topic?
- Do you let your reader know what approach you are taking?
Do you have paragraphs with clearly expressed supporting points?
- Do your statistics, examples, testimony, comparisons and/or
other materials give evidence to back up each point?
Is your paper organized clearly according to an organizational
plan that a reader can reasonably detect?
Does the organization of your paper conform for the most part to
your outline?
Do all of your paragraphs support the thesis statement?
Does your paper stay on topic?
Does each of your paragraphs include the following necessary
elements?
- A clearly stated topic sentence?
- Supporting sentences?
- Transitional and unifying devices to link sentences?
- Transitional and unifying devices to link paragraphs?
Do all of your referenced materials follow either MLA or APA
Guidelines?
- Do all quotations, paraphrases, and summaries contribute to the
paper as a whole?
- Is your paper merely a string of quotations?
- Are quotations woven into each paragraph so that they support
your topic sentence or supporting details?
- Do you add reflective or analytical statements?
- Does each quotation have internal citations?
- Do you have either a Works Cited Page or a Reference Page?
Does your paper have a concluding paragraph that does not merely
restate the introduction?
Have you proofread your paper for spelling, grammar, and syntax? |
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