CHECKLIST FOR REVISING THE ROUGH DRAFT
When the rough draft is finished, you are ready to reread and revise.
Checklist:
- Correct all errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
- Make sure that each paragraph has a topic sentence which presents the main point which will be developed and proved in this paragraph. Quotations must be carefully integrated.
- Use transitions between quotations. Avoid placing quotations back to back.
- Papers must be double-spaced and should have one inch margins at the top, bottom, and sides of the page.
- Number all pages consecutively starting with page 1.
- Do you have a grabber?
- Do you have a clear thesis?
- Are your main points clearly stated in the introduction?
- Quotations connect to what you are trying to prove.
- Check format of entire paper.
- Are the in-text citations properly formatted and written?