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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?