Writing
Style Checklist
Each Writing Style Checklist consists of questions that require students to look critically at their writing. The questions relate to the information presented in the Style section of the unit.
Students should use the checklists in the editing or rewriting process.
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| Unit
1: |
Mickey's Team |
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| Style: |
Elements of Autobiographical Writing |
| Unit
2: |
A Season in Utopia |
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| Style: |
Introductory Paragraphs and Thesis Statements |
| Unit
3: |
The Road to Success |
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| Style: |
Paragraph Development—Supporting a Topic Sentence with Illustration and Conclusion |
| Unit
4: |
Silent Spring |
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| Style: |
Cause-and-Effect Essays |
| Unit
5: |
What Is Lost in Translation? |
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| Style: |
Comparison and Contrast Essays |
| Unit
6: |
The Landscape of Faith |
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| Style: |
Writing a Definition Essay |
| Unit
7: |
Going into Business |
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| Style: |
Writing Essays Showing Advantages and Disadvantages |
| Unit
8: |
When the Soldier Is a Woman |
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| Style: |
Paragraph Development—Writing a Summary |
| Unit
9: |
The Cellist of Sarajevo |
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| Style: |
Using
Descriptive Language |
| Unit
10: |
The Right to Read |
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| Style: |
Argumentative Essays |