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CHECKLIST OF THE FOUR BASES IN EFFECTIVE WRITING

Base 1: Unity
1. Clear opening Thesis statement of the point of your paper?

2. All material on target in support of opening point?

Base 2: Support
1. Specific evidence?

2. Plenty of evidence?

Base 3: Coherence
1. Clear method of organization?

2. Transitions and other connective devices?

Base 4: Sentence Skills
1. Fragments eliminated?

2. Run-ons eliminated?

3. Correct verb form?

4. Subject and verb agreement?

5. Faulty modifiers eliminated?

6. Faulty parallelism eliminated?

7. Pronouns agree in number?

8. No use of second person pronouns (you, your, yours, yourself)

RMBC Catalog Appendix B B-7