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Do Your Best Writing on a Test
Ideas:
- Did your give the readers an indication of your purpose for writing?
- Did you organize your ideas in a way that the reader can understand?
- Are your ideas easy to understand?
- Did you limit your information to the topic?
- Did you give enough Specific Details to support your idea or topic?
- Did you give enough examples to help readers understand your ideas or topic?
- Is your writing interesting to the audience you have identified (or the test asks for)?
- Did you answer ALL parts to the question?
Conventions:
- Are all your sentences complete?
- Did you use correct punctuation in each sentence?
- Did you use different kinds of sentences?
- Did you choose your words carefully so your readers know what you mean?
- Is the spelling correct?
- Did you use capitals when needed?
- Did you use correct grammar?
- Did you use paragraphs?