Writing Checklist:

After your paper is written, you can check each box when you can answer each question with a “yes.”

	Does the story, research paper, essay, etc. have a centralizing idea or theme?
	Is it organized in a way that makes sense?
	Did I consider the audience in organization, vocabulary, pace, and what to include?
	Are all unnecessary or redundant (repetitive) words removed?
	Did I run grammar check and then DECIDE if the suggestions were valid?
	Did I run spell check and then DECIDE if the suggestions were right?
	Did I read the paper aloud?
	Did I look for run ons, comma splices, and fragments and correct these?
	Did I follow instructions for
o	length
o	margins
o	font style
o	font size
o	title page
o	bibliography or works cited pages
o	citations
Add your own items:
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