101 Check List for Paragraph Writing
A. Format & Organisation
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Margin is on the left?
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Name, ID, course (section), date?
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Title? Centred? Capitalization rule of headings? p. 12
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On every other line? (not on every line)?
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Clear handwriting with spaces between words?
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Plan! And list keywords
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Three (or four) main support? No overlaps? All fall under controlling idea?
B. Language and Grammar
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TC Topic sentence: topic + controlling idea? p. 7 (for Reason paragraph: There are two/ three/ several/ a number of reasons why ...)
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Have details? Adding information? (examples, definitions, further explanation or smaller details, warning, clarification, distinction, related experience) (for Reason paragraph: also see p. 61 )
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Is your writing detailed:
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Specific nouns (e.g. ‘there was a young student’ instead of ‘there was a man’, ‘a small older mosque’ instead of ‘a building’, etc.)?
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Adjectives, adverbs and noun modifiers? pp.192-193, 225-227
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Prepositional phrases (e.g. ‘at the end of the street’, ‘during the course’, ‘for seven hours’, ‘with a hummar’, ‘in the morning’, etc.)?
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Each sentence has a verb? Verb tense (past or present) correct? Grammar Links or pp. 192, 225-227
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Transitions? pp. 15, 235 (for Reason paragraph: pp.37-38, 77, 79, 81)
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Capitalisation? Grammar Links or pp. 241-242
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Attention to comma vs. full stop? pp. 243-244
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Concluding sentence (recapping the TC or commenting on the whole topic)? p. 139
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Subject-verb agreement? Grammar Links online or textbook pp. 219-220
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Check spelling?
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11 to 15 sentences?
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Using different types of sentences? Grammar Links
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Meaning clear?
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Sentence structure ok? Click here for help
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Mariam Mohammed
20150000
Engl 101 (4)
14 March 2015
Process Paragraph: Getting a Passing Grade in a Difficult Course
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