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a check if the answer to the question is “yes.”
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1. Is the introduction interesting?
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2. Does the introduction have a thesis
statement?
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3. Is the content of the paper organized?
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4 Does each paragraph have a main idea
supported by facts/details?
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5. Do the main ideas support the thesis of the
report?
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6. Are all statements supported?
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7. Has the information been gathered from a
variety of sources?
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8. Is all of the information necessary?
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9. Does the concluding paragraph reword the
information from the introductory paragraph?
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10. Are there any questions that have not been
answered? If so, what are they?
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1. Are spelling and capitalization correct?
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2. Has punctuation been used to combine
sentences?
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3. Are periods, commas, quotation marks,
colons, semicolons, hyphens, dashes, brackets, parentheses, and apostrophes
used correctly?
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4. Are paragraphs indented one tab (or five
spaces)?
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5. Are the verbs in the correct tense?
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6. Are transition words used?
q 7. Are only third-person pronouns (he, she, it) used?
q 8. Is the word choice effective and appropriate?
Please
write your comments on the back of this sheet.
Completion of this Writing Conference Record equals 20 points.