Peer Revision & Proof Reading Checklist - Short Story (Page 2 of 4) in pdf

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Peer Revision & Proof Reading Checklist–

Short Story

€ Circle any words that you feel could be replaced by more specific and more descriptive

words (e.g. pretty, beautiful, big, ugly, small, walk, sit, run, nice).

€ Draw a square around any words, sentences, or paragraphs that do not SHOW what they

mean. Then write “SHOW, don’t tell,” beside the box you have drawn.

€ Put a bracket ( ) around any part(s) that you feel are not necessary in the story and do not

contribute to the author’s purpose in the story. Write “Is this necessary?” beside the

bracket.

€ Read through the story and look for places that the author may need to include more

detail. Write “Include more detail or description” beside the part(s) that need to be added.

Proofreader’s Checklist

Punctuation

_______1. Do I use end punctuation after all my sentences?

_______2. Do I use commas correctly?

_______3. Do I punctuate dialogue correctly?

Capitalization

_______4. Do I start all my sentences with capital letters?

_______5. Do I capitalize all proper nouns?

Spelling

_______6. Have I spelled all words correctly?

_______7. Have I double-checked words my spell-checker might miss?

Grammar

_______8. Do I maintain the same verb tense throughout (all present tense

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