Checklist For Proofreading Essays

1. Did you put a title on the top line?
2. What did you write about?
3. How many paragraphs did you write?
4. Did you indent each paragraph?
5. Is your paper neat?
6. Does each sentence begin with a capital letter?
7. Does each sentence end with a period or exclamation point?
8. Does each question end with a question mark?
9. Is each sentence complete?
10. Are much/many used properly?
11. Are a/an/the used properly?
12. Are singular pronouns used for singular nouns and plural pronouns used for plural nouns?
13. Did you use any double negatives?
14. Are all proper nouns and proper adjectives capitalized?
15. Are word endings such as -s, -ing, and –ed included where they should be?
16. Did you leave any words out?
17. Did you accidentally use words twice?
18. Are apostrophes used correctly on contractions and possessive nouns?
19. Is the dialogue punctuated and capitalized correctly?
20. Did you leave margins around your composition?
21. Did you use the correct verb tense in each paragraph?
22. Did you spell the words correctly?
23. Do you have a strong introduction? Ending?
24. Have you read your essay out loud yet?
25. Are you ready to turn in your essay?

 

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