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Revising and Editing Improving Your Research Report
Use a Checklist 🟪 Use the following checklist as a guide when you review and revise your report. Use the “Editing and Proofreading Checklist” on page 66 when you are ready to check for spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar.
Overall
_____ Does my research report follow the requirements for the assignment?
_____ Do I have three main parts: a beginning, a middle, and an ending?
_____ Do I organize my main ideas in a logical way?
Beginning
_____ Does the introduction help readers understand and become interested in my subject?
_____ Does a focus statement or controlling idea clearly state what I intend to cover in my paper?
Middle
_____ Do I use information from reliable sources and give proper credit to each source?
_____ Do I arrange my details according to familiar patterns (compare/contrast, problem/solution, cause/effect) and tie the details together effectively?