{"id":218,"date":"2021-09-20T14:45:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T14:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/tutoring-writing-center\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2021-09-20T14:45:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T14:45:03","slug":"self-editing-checklist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/tutoring-writing-center\/self-editing-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Editing Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overall Content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Have you reread the assignment to make sure you\u2019ve answered all parts adequately?<\/li><li>Is your thesis clear, specific, and arguable? Does it provide an outline for the rest of the paper?<\/li><li>Is the tone and language of your assignment appropriate for the intended audience?<\/li><li>Do you use effective transitions between paragraphs and ideas to guide the reader through the paper?<\/li><li>Do body paragraphs have topic sentences that summarize the main point and content of the paragraph and correspond to the thesis statement?<\/li><li>Do you use concrete details and examples to support your claim and further explain how that evidence supports your claim?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sentence Structure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Have you varied sentence structure and length?<\/li><li>Have you eliminated unclear or awkward wording?<\/li><li>Have you reviewed each sentence to eliminate run-ons and fragments?<\/li><li>Have you tried to eliminate wordiness by removing unnecessary words such as a lot or really?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grammar and Usage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do pronouns have clear and correct referents?<\/li><li>Have you eliminated any unintentional or incorrect shifts in tense?<\/li><li>Do all verbs agree with their subjects? Double check long and complex sentences.<\/li><li>Is your paper properly punctuated? Review usage rules if you\u2019re at all unclear.<\/li><li>Is all spelling correct? Be careful of homonyms like your\/you\u2019re, to\/too\/two and there\/their\/they\u2019re.<\/li><li>Are all quotes and paraphrases properly introduced and explained? Are they correctly cited both within the text and in a Works Cited page?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Style<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Have you replaced \u201cto be\u201d verbs (be, been, is, are, were, was) with stronger, active verbs?<\/li><li>Have you eliminated jargon, slang, clich\u00e9s, and euphemisms in favor of more precise language?<\/li><li>Do you use active voice to increase directness? Use passive voice only where appropriate.<\/li><li>Have you eliminated repetition and redundancies? Read each sentence and ask yourself if it introduces a new information, ideas, or analysis. If it is simply restating old information, rewrite it or delete it.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overall Content Have you reread the assignment to make sure you\u2019ve answered all parts adequately? Is your thesis clear, specific, and arguable? Does it provide an outline for the rest of the paper? Is the tone and language of your assignment appropriate for the intended audience? Do you use effective transitions between paragraphs and ideas &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/tutoring-writing-center\/self-editing-checklist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Self-Editing Checklist&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-218","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/tutoring-writing-center\/author\/ccswpadmin\/","display_name":"ccswpadmin"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 5 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 20, 2021","modified":"Updated on September 20, 2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 20, 2021 2:45 pm","modified":"Updated on September 20, 2021 2:45 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/tutoring-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/tutoring-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/tutoring-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/tutoring-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/tutoring-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/tutoring-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/tutoring-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions\/221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/tutoring-writing-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}