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Checklist for Self-Editing http://www.TheHomeSchoolMom.com Check writing for the following common mechanical errors: Student Teacher _________ _________ Sentence Fragments – Sentences that do not contain a subject and a verb or that have clauses that are improperly connected to the main sentence _________ _________ Punctuation Errors – Sentences that don’t end with a period, question mark, or exclamation point; periods missing after abbreviations; commas and apostrophes are not appropriately used _________ _________ Capitalization Errors – Proper nouns and sentences that don’t begin with capital letters; capital letters used where the letters should be lowercase _________ _________ Sentence Sprawl – Connecting too many thoughts in one sentence even if grammatically it is correct _________ _________ Tenses Not in Agreement - Sentences or paragraphs switching verb tense _________ _________ Subject/Verb Not in Agreement – Mixing singulars and plurals _________ _________ Misplaced Modifiers – Modifiers that are not placed properly in a sentence can change the meaning of the sentence _________ _________ Dangling Modifiers – Modifiers that are not followed by the noun that they describe _________ _________ Improper Parallel Structure – Items in a series that do not have the same structure/tense _________ _________ Improper or Unclear Pronoun Reference – Pronouns that do not refer to the preceding or anteceding noun _________ _________ Improper Pronoun Agreement – Pronouns that do not agree with the singular or plural state of the nouns to which they refer _________ _________ Incorrect Pronoun Case – A pronoun that uses a form that is incorrect for its function within the sentence _________ _________ Incorrect Comma Use – Necessary commas that are omitted, unnecessary commas that are added, or commas used to connect 2 sentences without a conjunction _________ _________ Possessive/Plural Errors – Omitting apostrophes with possessives (the exception being the possessive pronouns its, yours, his, and hers, which never use apostrophes), adding apostrophes to plurals (the exception being when letters as themselves are made plural: cross your t’s) _________ _________ Incorrect Homophones – Using a sound-alike word in place of the correct word _________ _________ Words Commonly Confused – accept/except, effect/affect, lie/lay, than/then, to/too/two, through/threw Check writing for logical organization and proper citations: Student Teacher _________ _________ You should have a topic/thesis and keep it in mind throughout the entire paper. The topic/thesis should match the assignment. _________ _________ Is your paper a compare/contrast paper, a personal narrative, a research paper, an argumentation/persuasion paper, etc.? The writing should be appropriate for the type of paper. _________ _________ Papers should generally contain an introductory paragraph where your topic/thesis is introduced, the needed number of paragraphs to support your thesis, and a concluding paragraph to wrap up your ideas and strengthen your thesis. _________ _________ Avoid slang or inappropriate/offensive language. _________ _________ Avoid “to be” verbs. Use active tense whenever possible. Student Teacher _________ _________ Paragraphs should have a topic sentence at the beginning to set the boundaries for the paragraph and a transition sentence at the end to lead into the next paragraph. _________ _________ Paragraphs should generally have 3-5 sentences and should never have only 1 sentence. _________ _________ All sentences in a paragraph should support the topic sentence and relate to it. _________ _________ If you list ideas in a certain order in the introductory paragraph, cover them in that same order in the paper. _________ Use no more and no fewer words than you need. Excessive wordiness detracts from the meaning of a paragraph, and writing should be revised to include only the words needed to effectively communicate your meaning. _________ General Paragraphs © 2012 M.A. Kelley and Company, Inc./TheHomeSchoolMom.com 1 Transitions _________ _________ Thoughts throughout the paper should flow in an orderly way. _________ _________ Transition words or phrases (connectors) should be appropriately used to move from one thought to another. _________ _________ Reread the work. Does anything stick out as out of order, unnecessary, or not properly introduced? Citations _________ _________ All quotes should be in quotation marks. _________ _________ All data included should be cited with reference to the specific source. _________ _________ All quotes and ideas that are not your own should be sourced properly on a Works Cited, Sources, or Bibliography page. For specific help with individual sourcing formats, see the handouts at http://www.germanna.edu/tutor/helpful_handouts.asp _________ _________ Read your paper out loud before turning it in. Often errors that you do not catch otherwise will be obvious when you read the paper aloud. Sources The Writing Center. “Twelve Common Errors: A Self-Editing Checklist for Students”. UW Madison. October 24, 2012. <http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~WAC/page.jsp?id=132&c_type=categry&c_id=19> Sebranek, Patrick and Verne Meyer, and Dave Kemper. Writers Inc.: A Student Handbook for Writing & Learning. D.C. Heath and Company, a Houghton Mifflin Company. 1996. The Punctuator and Apostrophe Squid. “The Use of the Apostrophe in the English Language” Fourmilab.com. October 24, 2012. <http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/apostrophe/> “Commonly Confused Words”. University of Richmond Writing Center. University of Richmond. October 24, 2012. <http://writing2.richmond.edu/WRITING/wweb/conford.html> Germanna Community College Tutoring Services. “Self-Editing Checklist for College Writers”. Germanna Community College. Revised July 24, 2012. October 24, 2012. <http://www.germanna.edu/tutor/documents/PaperSelf-EditingJuly2012.pdf> © 2012 M.A. Kelley and Company, Inc./TheHomeSchoolMom.com 2