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Research Paper Checklist: Peer Editing

Research Paper Checklist

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Points

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Title Page

Header Visible with Student’s Last name, space and page number: Choose

“Insert” and then “Header,” for page number again choose “insert” page #

Heading: Student’s First and Last Name Upper Left Hand Corner

Teacher’s Name

English Class

Date written in MLA Format February 15, 2013

Title Centered: No Bold or Italics. All Important Words Capitalized.

Whole Text is Double-Spaced, Times New Roman, Size 12

Margins are set at 1 inch

Points

(135)

RESEARCH PAPER CO NTENT

Introduction with attention getter

Clear Thesis Statement: NEED TO BE UNDERLINED

Transitions between each paragraph (initially, for example, furthermore,

additionally, similarly, however, ultimately, etc.)

Correct MLA Citations for every fact (Brown 7) or (Computers) or (Jones

Interview). No commas or # symbols. Period is AFTER citation!

If a fact is a direct quote, quotations are used. There are no more than 5 direct

quotations in the entire paper.

Facts are summarized by student and have parenthetical citation.

Topic sentence that introduces the main focus of each paragraph.

The paper is not just a list of facts but has a natural “flow” of information.

There is a logical and organized progression of ideas in the paper.

Paper maintains academic/formal tone. Avoid statements like, “People who

disagree with this are morons!”

The paper does not use I, you, we, our.

The paper does not contain contractions (For example, can’t, won’t, couldn’t,

isn’t, etc.,).

The paper does not contain any words in bold or CAPS

Conclusion restates the thesis AND provides a powerful, thought-

provoking statement for the reader concerning the topic.

Standard: Student has 5-6 Complete Pages (Not including outline or works cited

page).

Points

(45)

W O RKS CITED

Works Cited Title is Centered and starts on a new page; the page is double-

spaced. There are no extra spaces between the entries.

Entries are alphabetical in order

Citations begin flush to the left. The second line of any entry is indented.

Minimum 5 Sources are listed on the Works Cited. Correct MLA format

All five sources were used with a parenthetical citation (Brown 7)

at least once in the paper.

The sources include at least one print (book) sources and a total of

five sources. All sources are credible (no W ikipedia, Blogs, EH ow,

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