SeniorThesisEditingChecklist

AuthorsName:__________________________________________
PaperTitle:______________________________________________________________________
EditorOneName
_________________________________________________________
Lookingonlyatthecoverpage,runningheaderandtheworkscitedpage:

Isthetitleinteresting?
Y
N

Doesthetitlereferencetheissuethatisbeinganalyzed?
Y
N
Isthetitleproperlycapitalizedandpunctuated?
Y
N
Istherearunningheader,beginningonthefirstpagewiththeauthorslastnameandpage
number(beginningwith1)?
Y
N
Doestherunningheader,withalloftheinformationlistedabovecontinuewithcorrect
paginationthroughtheendofthepaper(includingtheWorksCitedpage)?
Y
N
IsthereaWorksCitedpage? Y
N
DoestheWorksCitedpagebeginonaseparatepage?
Y
N
IsWorksCitedcenteredatthetopofthepage?
Y
N
Aretheworksarrangedinalphabeticalorderbyauthorslastname? Y
N
Isthefirstlineofeachentryflushwiththelefthandmarginofthepage?

Y
N
Aresubsequentlinesofeachentryindented5spaces?
Y
N
Istheentirelistdoublespaced,withnoextraspacesbetweenentries?
Y
N
IfwebsitesarelistedaretheURLsincluded?(TheyshouldNOTbe) Y
N

EditorTwoName
_____________________________________________________
Lookingonlyattheintroductoryparagraph:
Isthereahooktogetthereadersattention? Y
N
Isthereabriefintroductiontotheissuebeingdiscussed?
Y
DoesthethesisstatementmentiontheissueANDtheproposedsolution?
Y
N

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WHAT
istheproposedsolution?Writeitdownwordforword:__________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
______
Doesthethesisstatementreadclearly?
Y
N
Isitinteresting?
Y
N
Doyouwanttocontinuereadingthepaper?
Y
N

EditorThreeName
___________________________________________________
Readthepaperfrombeginningtoend;yourfeedbackwillfocusonlyonthe
content
ofthebody
paragraphs.
Doeseachbodyparagraphhaveacleartopicsentencethatrelatesdirectlybacktothethesis
statement?
Y
N
Iseachsentencewithintheparagraphrelateddirectlytothetopicsentence?
Y
N
Iseachassertionmadebythewriterclearlytiedtothetextviaconcretedetail(quoteor
paraphrase)?
Y
N
Arealldirectquotesfromthetextproperlycitedwithinthebodyofthepaper?
Y
N
Doestheorganizationwithineachparagraphmakesense?
Y
N
Doestheorganizationofeachbodyparagraphrelatetotheorganizationofthethesis
statement?
Y
N
Doesthewriterusehelpfultransitionwordsbetweenbodyparagraphssothatthepaper
flowssmoothly?
Y
N
Doesthewriterusehelpfultransitionwordswithineachparagraphsothattheideasflow
smoothly?
Y
N
Doesthepaperbuildacompleteargumentandanswerthesowhatproposedinthethesis
Y
N
Wereyouleftfeelingsatisfiedattheendofthepaper?
Y
N
Wasthepaperinterestingtoread,ordiditfeellikeachore?
Y
N

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EditorFourName
_____________________________________________________
Readthepaperfrombeginningtoend;yourfeedbackwillfocusonlyonthe
grammarandmechanics
ofthepaper.
Doestheauthoruseaformaltonethroughoutthebodyofthe
entire
paper?
Y
N
Doestheauthorrefrainfromusingcontractions?
Y
N
Istheverbtenseconsistentthroughouttheentirepaper?
Y
N
Is
every
sentenceclearinitsintentandmeaning?
Y
N
Arethereanywordsorsentencesthatsoundawkwardasyouarereadingthem?
Y
N
Is
every
sentencepunctuatedcorrectly?(Thisincludesproperuseofsemicolons,commas,
periods,colons,etc.)
Y
N
Iseachdirectquotefromthetextpunctuatedcorrectly?
Y
N
Arewordchoicessophisticatedandappropriateforcollegiatelevelwriting?
Y
N

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EditorFiveName
____________________________________________
Readthepaperinitsentirety;fillinthefollowingcharts.