Chapter 23- Writing a Paragraph- Polishing, Proofr

Chapter23:WritingaParagraph:Polishing,Proofreading,andPreparingFinalCopy?FinalLinesThelaststepinthewritingprocessisproofreading.Afteryouhavefinisheddevelopingandsupportingyourideasandafteryouhavecheckedtheorganization,itistimetoputthefinishingtouchesonyourparagraph.Asyourlaststepyouneedtocheckthespelling,punctuation,mechanics,andwordchoiceofyourparagraphaswellaschecktobecertainyouhaveaconcludingstatement.Youcannotcheckallofthesethingsinonereadingsoyoushouldbreakthetaskintosections.First,checkthepunctuationandmechanicsofyourparagraphs.Thismeansyouaremakingsureyoudon`thaveerrorslikecommasplicesorfragments.Youarealsomakingsureyouputquestionmarksattheendsofquestionsandperiodsattheendsofstatements.Thenextstepistocheckyourwordchoiceandspelling.Youwanttobesurethatyouhaveusedthecorrectwordsforyourintendedmeaning,soyouwanttobesurethatyouhaven`tusedatwowhenyouneedatoo.Besuretodoublecheckthespellingofanywordyouoftenmisspellandlookupanywordyouareunsureof.Ifyouarewordprocessing,usethespellcheckonyourcomputertohelpyouwithyourpossiblespellingmistakes.