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 Essay Checklist and additional Instructions Add a check mark (✔) to each item once you are certain that you have fulfilled the respective task / criteria. Add this signed checklist to your paper before you hand it in. ___ Before writing the paper I have drafted an outline that sketches my argument and the structure of the paper. The outline is attached to the paper after the list of references. ___ The topic of the paper and my hypothesis would be obvious to any reader of the paper’s introduction. ___ My argument would be clear and unambiguous to any reader. ___ My paragraphs are organized logically and help advance my argument. ___ All my claims have sufficient support: they either follow logically from my reasoning or I provide evidence. ___ I use a variety of evidence (for example, quotes, examples, facts, illustrations) to reinforce my argument(s). ___ My conclusion clearly states the objective of my paper and summarizes my argument and explores its implications; it does not simply restate the topic paragraph. ___ I have revised my paper ___ times to improve its organization, argument, sentence structure, and style. ___ I have proofread my paper carefully, not relying on my computer to do it for me. ___ My name is at the top of the paper. ___ The paper is stapled. ___ The paper has a margin wide enough for brief comments. ___ To ensures that I don’t hand in a paper with missing pages and to allow people reading the paper to be able to reference pages when making comments I have put page numbers somewhere on the page. ___ All figure and tables that I have included in my paper (if any) are also mentioned in the text. They are numbered and have captions (below the figure; above the table). ___ I have not used anyone else’s work, ideas, figures, tables, or language without citing them appropriately. ___ I have used in­text author­year citations according to the APA style or the Chicago Manual of Style. ___ All my sources are in my bibliography, which is properly formatted in APA style. ___ I understand what plagiarism is and I did not plagiarise. Student Signature: ________________________ Date: ______________