Writing Style Checklist


Each Writing Style Checklist consists of questions that require you to look critically at your writing. The questions relate to the information presented in the Style section of the unit. There is a checklist for most units in each of the levels of NorthStar: Focus on Reading and Writing. You should use the checklists in the editing or rewriting process.
Unit 1: The World of Advertising
Style: Paragraph Development
Unit 2: Telecommuting: Going Home to Work
Style: Letter Writing 
Unit 3: A Miracle Cure? 
Style: Summary Writing 
Unit 4: The Metamorphosis
Style: Paraphrasing
Unit 5: Speaking of Gender . . .
Style: Comparing and Contrasting
Unit 6: Breaking the Surface
Style: Using Narration
Unit 7: Cars: Passion or Problem?
Style: Parallel Structure
Unit 8: Always in Fashion
Style: Giving Advice
Unit 9: Crime and Punishment
Style: Sentence Variety
Unit 10: Finding a Spouse
Style: Using Related Word Forms for Cohesion