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Ensure your paper meets quality standards with this comprehensive composition checklist. Covering thesis clarity, paragraph structure, topic sentences, explanation depth, support inclusion, research use, documentation accuracy, and grammar precision.
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COMPOSITION CHECKLIST HOW TO CHECK YOUR OWN PAPER
INTRODUCTION • Two or three sentences of general background? • Do they lead logically to your thesis? No _______ Yes ________
THESIS • Do you have a thesis? • Is it the last sentence of the introduction? • Is it clear? • Is it narrow enough? • Is it interesting? Yes _______ No ________
PARAGRAPHING • Are your paragraphs too long? • Too short? • Are they 4-8 sentences in length? Yes _________ No __________
TOPIC SENTENCES • Clear Topic Sentence for each paragraph? • Near the beginning of the paragraph? • Topic sentences clearly related to thesis? • Do they develop or explain thesis? Yes ________ No ________
EXPLANATION • Each topic sentence/idea explained enough? • Any terms or ideas need definition? • Causes or effects explained? Yes ________ No _________
SUPPORT • Support for every paragraph? • Examples? • Statistics? • Quotations (in correct form)? Yes ________ No _________
USE OF RESEARCH • Did you use your own English? • Did you work from short notes? • Were you in control? Yes ________ No _________
DOCUMENTATION • Clear which ideas are from research? • Correct information in parentheses? • Parentheses match list of references? • List in alphabetical order? • Correct format followed exactly? Yes _______ No ________
GRAMMAR • Grammar and punctuation carefully checked? • Checked again for your particular problems? Yes _______ No _________