LA 8- Writing Checklist
To improve your writing, use the following checklist and ensure you have included everything.
Dress-ups
Dress-ups- Indicate dress-ups by underlining them and place the symbol in the RIGHT margin.
Minimum Rule- Each Dress-up must appear once within every paragraph.
Dress- up
1. Strong Verb
2. “ly” Adverb
3. Quality Adjectives
4. Who / Which
5. Because
6. Adverbial (when, where, while, before, unless / until,
that, as, since, if, although)
Symbol
sv
ly
qa
ww
bc
Included
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www.butasia
Points
2
2
2
2
2
2
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Total Possible
12
Sentence Openers
Sentence Openers- Place the number of each sentence opener in the LEFT margin.
Minimum Rule- Each Sentence opener must appear once within every paragraph.
Sentence Opener
1. Subject
2. Prepositional Phrase
3. “-ly”
4. “-ing”
5. Clausal (www.asia)
6. Very Short Sentence (VSS)
Topic Sentence
Clincher Sentence
Component Checklist
Title
Composition
Dress-ups
Sentence Openers
Symbol
1
2
3
4
5
6
Included
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Total Possible
clear, precise, and indicates topic clearly
clear, interesting, and provoking
Points
2
2
2
2
2
2
12
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Total
Specifications
underlined, name under title, centered
double spaced
marked with an underline, symbol in right margin
marked in the left margin
5
5
10
Included
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Total
Points
3
2
above
above
5