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You were also given an editing checklist. I want you to check your paper to ensure each item is cleaned up and check it off as you go. This must be stapled and submitted with your completed essay.
I have pasted it below:
Essay Editing Checklist
Check these off as you revise your essay and staple to
the essay when you hand it in.
Style
1.
No personal
pronouns (except in quotes) no “I, you, we, us, me, your
2. No Contractions I’ve I have could’ve could have
3. No questions
allowed
4. Use the noun instead of a word used to describe it (or
be sure to describe with enough detail not to be confusing).
a.
E.g.: Sinclair
Ross used this because the wife keeps calling herself a fool over and
over.
b.
They say that the beast was furry...
5. Pronoun referencing: When you are talking about more
than one character in the same paragraph and they are of the same gender, use
the name and not the pronouns he/him or she/her.
6. Use of “who” or “that”: pronoun referencing: “who”
refers back to a PERSON: are you referring to a person or a thing? Use “who” if
it is a person whom you are referring to.
7. No clichés/slang: a cliché is an overused phrase:
“stands up to” “looks down on” “sucks” “trigger happy” “man with the plan.”
8. Write your essay in present tense = verbs that end in
“s” not “ed” – tense shifts are a serious error (see #12 in “16 Common Errors”
Booklet.
9. No possessive errors (Bob Brown’s binder = correct).
See #15 in your “16 Common Errors” booklet.
10. Ensure that your essay has word variety – have a
thesaurus open when you are typing, and have a transition word list open when
you are typing.
Mechanics
1.
No spelling
errors (check for red line and do synonym checks if in doubt).
2.
No
capitalization errors (capitals at the beginning of sentences, on proper nouns,
on titles, etc.).
3.
No sentence
fragments (watch for sentences that start with “that” “because” “and” “but”
“which” or “who”. (see #2 in your “16 Common Errors” booklet).
4.
Subject verb
agreement (they is = wrong. They are = correct). See #6 in your “16 Common
Errors” booklet.
5.
Comma usage (see
#3, in your “16 Common Errors” booklet.)
6.
No run ons (#4
in your “16 Common Errors” booklet).
7.
Strong verb
usage (run or fled)
Format
1.
12 point, Times
New Roman, spacing at zero, last name and page number in header
2.
First page info.
(name, teacher, class, date) and “works cited” page
Content
1.
Following the
introductory paragraph layout
2.
Body paragraphs:
start with a main point (opinion), provide evidence to support opinion and
explain how evidence supports opinion.
3.
A conclusion
(the “so what”)
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