A WRITING CHECKLIST

A WRITING CHECKLIST

How to improve your (or your partner's) written work.

First check: Does the content in the text make sense?

* Is the information organized clearly and logically?

* Is the information sufficient? Elaborate enough? Interesting? Relevant to the topic? Coherent?

* Is the information redundant or irrelevant? Too detailed and elaborate?

Second check: Is the text adequately organized? Text and paragraphs

* Do you need a title, headings or subheadings?

* Have you considered an adequate organization into paragraphs?

- Introduction:

- Body paragraphs: Is there a topic sentence followed by supporting ideas?Do topic sentences of body paragraphs support main idea of the introduction?

- Conclusion: Does it connect to the main idea of the introduction?

* Is there coherence & cohesion?

Logical order of ideas: Order of importance / chronological order

* Is the lay-out ( spacing, indents, ) adequate to the text genre? (letter / proposal / application letter / film review / academic text / etc.)

Third check: Expression and formulation. Sentence.* Vocabulary: Is it adequate for the situation and the addressee formality/informality)?

Is it precise enough? Is it correctly spellt?

* Grammar: Is it correct? Subject/verb agreement (It bother you).

Word order (The leather old case)

(Will come you?)

Use of articles: (I like the music.)

* Cohesion: Grammatical links between sentences:

Pronouns, connectives, parallel forms

* Punctuation. Periods after sentences. Semicolons.

Run-on sentences

Sentence fragments. Dependent clauses