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EVALUATING
OTHERS
DRAFT
Creative Non-Fiction
Module 5:
Group 4 presentation
CHECKLISTS
FOR FIRST
DRAFT
1.Purpo
se,audi -These elements deal with
the overall effect of your
ence essay and should guide you
and throughout your writing.
tone
• If I am writing in response to an
assignment, does my essay fulfill all
the required elements of the
assignment ?
• Is the topic too broad or too general?

 Do I state my thesis or main idea early in the paper?
If I don’t state a thesis or main idea, is it clearly
implied so there can be no mistake about the purpose
of my paper?
 Is my thesis or main idea interesting and compelling?
If this is an essay of argument, is my thesis statement
fair? Do I address opposing viewpoints?
 Is my tone appropriate to my audience and purpose?
Does my audience have any special requirements?
 Is my tone consistent throughout the essay?
2.Example
s, -These are specific details
evidence in the writing process.
and details
 Have I adequately developed my thesis or main idea?
Do I use specific details rather than generalities?
 Are my example and evidence accurate, relevant, and
convincing?
 Do I use quotations appropriately? Is too much of my
paper quoted from other sources? Do I paraphrase
carefully?
 Do I correctly cite the sources for the words and ideas
of the others?
-Use an outline to
determine the structure of
3.Structur
your paper, but be aware
e that you may need to alter
it as you write.
 Do I have a principle of organization? Do I avoid
repetition and digression?
 Is the organization of my writing appropriate to my
topic and thesis?
 Does my introduction catch the reader’s attention;
does my conclusion summarize and tie up the loose
ends of my paper?
Are my paragraphs well developed, unified, and
coherent?
Does one paragraph flow into the next? Do I use
transitions between the paragraphs?
Are my examples, evidence, and details in the best
order? Do I save the strongest point or last?
-Use a dictionary and
thesaurus or your
4.Languag
computer’s word-
e and style
processing tools to help
with language and style.
with language and style.Ask yourself the following
question:
• Have i chosen my words carefully? Am I sure of

meaning?
• Is my language appropriate to my purpose,tone,and
audience?
• Have I avoided wordy expressions,slang,and clinces?
• Have I avoided jargon and pretentious language?
• Have i used idioms correctly?
• Have I followed the guidelines of current English
usage?
• Have I avoided sexism in the use of nouns and
pronouns?
• Have I chosen the active over the passive voice in
sentence structure?
5.Sentenc -Use your editing and
e revision skills to make sure
constructio your sentences are well
n constructed.
 Are my sentences correct? Have I avoided fragments
and run-ons?
 Are my modifiers in the right place? Do i have any

dangling modifiers?
 Do my subject and predicates agree in number?
 Do I keep constructions parallel?
 Have I avoided short, choopy sentences?
 Do I combine sentences effectively?
 do i avoid monotony by varying my sentences in
length and structure?
A.
•Spelling(including correct plural
forms, hyphenation)
•Capitalization
•Correct use and consistency of verb
tenses
6.Grammar •Agreement( nouns, verbs, pronouns)
•Pronoun cases
•Pronoun antecedents
•Use of adjectives with linking verbs
•Comparative degrees of adjectives
and adverbs
B.
•Commas with nonrestrictive
elements; no commas with
restrictive elements
•Commas with interrupting
6.Grammar elements, with no introductory
phrases and clauses when
necessary; between series items;
between independent clauses
•Correct use of periods and
question marks
METHODS FOR
WRITING WITH
ABSOLUTE CLARITY
1.Know The writer should know the
what you subject, main point and come
want to say. up with an outline.
Knowing the audience is an
2.Know who important feature of good
your writing. The better you know
audience. your audience, the clearly you
can communicate to them.
One simple technique to make
your writing clear is to explain
your terms. If you’re going to
write an article that focuses on
3. Define
a particular subject or
unfamiliar
concept, then be sure to
words.
explain that subject or
concept. That way, readers
know exactly what you’re
talking about.
4. Make Short sentences are easier to
your understand. If you try to pack
sentences a lot of words into a sentence,
short. you lose clarity.
Long words impact clarity.
5. Do not
Drop big words from your
use long
writing, and your clarity
words.
skyrockets.
People want the same
6. Be experience every time, so
consistent focus on delivering a steady
and consistent style.
ANALYZE THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF
LITERARY ELEMENTS
USED BY AUTHORS IN
VARIOUS GENRES
1. Analyze how authors develop complex characters as well
as their roles and functions in a variety of texts.
 2. Determine the effectiveness of setting as related to

character, plot, and other key literary elements.
 3. Determine the effectiveness of the author’s use of

point of view as related to content and specific types of
genre.
 4. Analyze how the author structures plot to advance the

action.
5.Identify major themes in literature, comparing and
contrasting how they are developed across genres.
6.Explain how voice and choice of speaker (narrator)

affect the mood, tone, and meaning of text.
7.Describe how an author, through the use of diction,

syntax, figurative language, sentence variety, etc.,
achieves style.

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EVALUATING

• Is the topic too broad or too general?

• Have i chosen my words carefully? Am I sure of

 Are my modifiers in the right place? Do i have any

 2. Determine the effectiveness of setting as related to

 3. Determine the effectiveness of the author’s use of

 4. Analyze how the author structures plot to advance the

6.Explain how voice and choice of speaker (narrator)

7.Describe how an author, through the use of diction,

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