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Format:

___Times New Roman (12 pt) font

___Double spaced

___Removed space after paragraph

___Heading (top left)

___My name in the heading

___My professor’s name in heading

___The course name and number in heading

___The date in the heading

___Title centered and capitalized (not all caps)

___First sentence indented

___Punctuation marks inside quotation marks

 

Eliminate:

___“you” (all forms)

___“I” “me” “my” “mine” “we” “ours”

___“a lot”

___“would”

___“started to” “began to” “decided to”

___“etc.”

___“…” (ellipses) except in quotes

 

Use correctly:

___“A person … he or she …” (not “A person … they …”)

___“A person … who …” (not “A person … that …”)

___Comma before “and” in a list

___Comma before “which”

___Used author’s first initial and last name

___Used author’s last name only (after the first reference)

 

Structure:

___Answered all questions for draft

 

Quotation marks:

___All borrowed words or phrases have quotation marks

___All quotes within a sentence of my own (no “stand alone” quote)

___All quotes cited

 

Citations:

___All paraphrases/summaries cited

___Author, comma, date Inside parentheses

___Period after parentheses at end of sentence

 

Passive constructions:

___Ran a style check

 

Spelling:

___Ran a spell check

 

Grammar:

___Ran a grammar check