Writing Style Checklist


Each Writing Style Checklist consists of questions that require you to look critically at your writing. The questions relate to the information presented in the Style section of the unit. There is a checklist for most units in each of the levels of NorthStar: Focus on Reading and Writing. You should use the checklists in the editing or rewriting process.

Unit 1: My Time in a Bottle
Style: Elements of Autobiographical Writing
Unit 2: A Bridge across the Generations
Style: Introductory Paragraphs and Thesis Statements
Unit 3: The Road to Success
Style: Paragraph Development—Supporting a Topic Sentence with Illustration and Conclusion
Unit 4: Water, Water Everywhere . . .
Style: Cause-and-Effect Essays
Unit 5: What Is Lost in Translation?
Style: Comparison and Contrast Essays
Unit 6: The Landscape of Faith
Style: Writing a Definition Essay
Unit 7: Managing a Career
Style: Cover Letters and Resumés
Unit 8: When the Soldier Is a Woman
Style: Paragraph Development—Writing a Summary
Unit 9: The Cellist of Sarajevo
Style: Using Descriptive Language
Unit 10: The Right to Read
Style: Argumentative Essays