Question

When using an editing checklist to review your paper, you should

Answer 1

You should focus on:

• taking away any irrelevant details
• fixing areas that need significant content changes
• correcting incorrect punctuation
• go back and take away tired words
• make sure your paper is in the same tense
• make sure the citations are correct (MLA)
• usage sentence structure
• grammar
• spelling
• diction
• style
• main idea

Answer 2

When using an editing checklist to review your paper, you should always make sure you start at the top (which should contain the bigger picture issues like overall structure), and then work your way down the bottom to the smaller issues like grammar and typos.