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Essay Writing Checklist

The document provides a checklist for writing an essay introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. It outlines key elements to include such as introducing the topic in the introduction with a thesis, citing examples from the text in body paragraphs, and restating the thesis in new words in the conclusion. Overall, it emphasizes using proper formatting, grammar, and vocabulary variety.

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Essay Writing Checklist

The document provides a checklist for writing an essay introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. It outlines key elements to include such as introducing the topic in the introduction with a thesis, citing examples from the text in body paragraphs, and restating the thesis in new words in the conclusion. Overall, it emphasizes using proper formatting, grammar, and vocabulary variety.

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ESSAY CHECKLIST

Introduction
Does the first sentance Introduce
your essay topic?
·

·Do tell us the title (author/director of the text? Is the textproperly formatted (Italics for longer
you
works, protation marks for shorter works)
·
Do give short and concise summary of the text?
you
a

Does your Introduction end with thesis, telling us what about?


·

a
your essay is

Body paragraphs
·
Do you
start your paragraphs with topic sentances?
Doyou transitions between
use
paragraphs?
·

·Do you clearly and coherently introduce your examples?


Do cite
your examples, if needed, page no?
·

you
·For each example, do you identify literary or visual devices?
Do connecteach
your thesis?
to
·

you example
Are
your concluding sentances paragraphe?
·

summarizing your

Conclusion
Do restate thesis other words/summarize what 1
your your essay is about
·
in
you
Does restated thesis reflectyour
analysis and conclusion.
·

your
·Do broader (real world, relevance, modern context etc.)?
you make connections tosome

Overall
effective range of vocabulary sentance structures?
·
Do use an and
you
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Do you Write in a formal and appropriate register (no contraction, O, or 1
Do
you describe events from the text in Present tense?
·

Do
you spell, write and use grammar and poneutration accurately?
·

Is
your writing double-spaced and indented?
·

Does
your essay have a title that tells us whatit'sabout?
·

Do have proper MLAformatting for


bibliography?
·

you your

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