What to check for in your paragraphs when revising them

1. Checklist for paragraphs
Revising and Editing

2. Checklist
• Is there a topic sentence (with
subject/verb)
• Do all the sentences support the topic
sentence?
• Is there enough information to support the
topic?
• Is each supporting sentence followed by
specific details?

3. Checklist continued
• Are the sentences organized in a logical
order?
• Are there transition words to guide the
reader from one idea to the next?
• Did you check that there are no run-on
sentences nor sentence fragments?
• Did you check that the paragraph has a
concluding sentence?