• Circle each of the items that I noted on your paper
• Look up the items that you have to revise in your handbook, Purdue's online writing lab, or Literacy online
• As you are revising, consult with me, the University Writing Center, or Purdue's online help link
• Revise, revise, revise!!

Lower Order Concerns:

Paragraph Development:      topic sentence      order of information      focus      support/evidence      off-topic/irrelevant info      unsupportable broad generalization Transitions Logic of relation Sentence:         fragment         run-on         incomplete construction         mixed construction Comma:     overused     subordination/coordination     w/introductory phrase     w/appositive     w/interrupting phrases

Parallel structure Quotes:      introduction/integration      punctuation with/citation form      appropriateness Shifts:     tense      voice     number     s/v/o logic Agreement:     s/v     number     pronoun/antecedent Modifier placement Word choice/diction      right verb       repetitious      unnecessary words      empty words/inflated language