Research Paper Self-Revision Checklist



Research Paper Self-Revision Checklist

Directions: If you can answer yes to a question below, put a check mark next to the number. If not, continue to work on that part of your essay.

Ideas

_____ 1. Does my topic sentence correctly identify the main idea?

_____ 2. Do I include only the most important facts to support it?

_____ 3. Is my research paper interesting and informative?

_____ 4. Are my sources current and trustworthy?

Organization

_____ 5. Does my paper have a thesis statement in the opening paragraph and a topic sentence in all

other paragraphs?

_____ 6. Is all of the information in a logical order?

_____ 7. Does my ending paragraph cover my main points?

Voice

_____ 8. Does my voice sound confident and informative?

_____ 9. Do I sound knowledgeable and interested in my topic?

Word Choice

_____ 10. Do I use my own words?

_____ 11. Do I explain any technical or unfamiliar terms?

_____ 12. Do I use quotations and paraphrasing effectively and correctly?

Sentence Fluency

_____ 13. Do I use a variety of sentence types and lengths?

_____ 14. Do I combine choppy sentences?

_____ 15. Do my sentences flow smoothly from one to another?

Conventions

_____ 16. Do I correctly cite my sources?

_____ 17. Is my works-cited page set up correctly? Are the sources listed in alphabetical order?

Punctuation

--Do all sentences have end punctuation?

--Does the writer make limited use of exclamation points?

--Are commas used in the appropriate places (after introductory elements, before and/or after interrupters, compound sentences, lists, etc.)

--Are all other pieces of punctuation used correctly (semi-colon, colon, hyphens, brackets, dashes, parenthesis)?

--Are all citations punctuated correctly?

Capitalization

--Do all sentences begin with capital letters?

--Are all proper nouns capitalized?

Spelling

--Are all words spelled correctly?

--Are there words that the spell-checker may have missed?

Grammar

--Are correct forms of verbs used (had gone, not had went)?

--Do the subjects and verbs agree? (She and I were going, not She and I was going.)

--Is usage correct? (to, too, two…)

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download