Revising
Introduction
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Check?
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Does it have….?
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-Circle your lead/AGO
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-Underline your position
statement
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-Does your introduction have feeling?
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-Circle the three reasons for
your position statement
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Body Paragraph #1
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Check?
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Does it have….?
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-Underline the position
statement
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-Circle your three supporting
details
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-Do all your supporting
details and example support the topic sentence?
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-Underline your concluding
sentence (clincher)
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Body Paragraph #2
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Check?
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Does it have….?
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-Underline the position
statement
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-Circle your three supporting
details
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-Do all your supporting
details and example support the topic sentence?
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-Underline your concluding
sentence (clincher)
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Body Paragraph #3
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Check?
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Does it have….?
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-Underline the position
statement
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-Circle your three supporting
details
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-Do all your supporting
details and example support the topic sentence?
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-Underline your concluding sentence
(clincher)
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Conclusion
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Check?
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Does it have….?
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-Did you re-state your
position?
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-Did you re-state your
reasons?
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-Did you write a sentence
that calls the reader to action?
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Editing
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Have
you checked/corrected for the following things?
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Yes
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Partner?
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All
commonly spelled words are correct. Words I was unsure of have been
double-checked with a dictionary.
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I
do not have any run-on or unintentional fragments. My sentences are correct
and complete.
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I
have used a thesaurus to choose better verbs and adjectives for my speech.
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I
have used transition words at the beginning of each body paragraph and in
each paragraph, where appropriate.
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I
do not use commas to separate complete sentences.
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I
have used the correct ending punctuation marks throughout my essay.
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I
have organized my essay into paragraphs and indented each one.
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I
have a clear, well-thought out thesis statement in my introductory paragraph.
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My
introductory paragraph grabs my reader’s interest and makes them want to keep
reading!
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My
conclusion makes the reader think.
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I
have carefully followed all capitalization rules, especially those around
proper nouns.
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