Each sample paper includes:
___ Is the font size 12?
___ Are the margins standard size?
___ If they are required, does the heading include my name or SACE number, teacher’s name, class, and due date in that order?
___ Does the heading only appear on the first page?
___ Do my name and page number appear in the upper right-hand corner of every page or are they set as a header or footer?
___ Is the title centred?
___ Do I have a topic statement in my introduction?
___ Do the words "I", "Me", "You", or "Your" appear in the text? If yes, REMOVE THEM.
___ Did I use formal language?
___ Have I used in-text references?
___ Do in-text references appear at least once in every paragraph?
___ Are the in-text references properly cited? (Author, page number)
___ Are in-text references located in parenthesis at the end of the sentences, before the fullstop?
___ Did I use linking sentences between ideas and paragraphs?
___ Did I paraphrase my sources instead of copying directly?
___ Did I have an outline and did I follow it?
___ Do I have a conclusion?
___ Is my bibliography/reference page the last page of my paper?
___ Is it double spaced and with the sources arranged in alphabetical order?
__ Is the Bibliography/References title left-aligned at the top of the page?
___ Did I use the required number of sources?
