Name______________________

Date_______________________

Period______________________

Narrative Essay Revision Sheet

1. Interjection used: _______________________

2. Three adjectives:________________________ Three adverbs: ____________________________

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3. Sentence length:

One sentence 20+ words: _________________________________________________________

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One sentence of three words: ______________________________________________________

4. First word of the first 24 sentences: (don’t count “the,” “a,” or “an.”)

1. _______________ 9. _______________ 17. _______________

2. _______________ 10. _______________ 18. _______________

3. _______________ 11. _______________ 19. _______________

4. _______________ 12. _______________ 20. _______________

5. _______________ 13. _______________ 21. _______________

6. _______________ 14. _______________ 22. _______________

7. _______________ 15. _______________ 23. _______________

8. _______________ 16. _______________ 24. _______________

5. Essay Check List:

1. _____ Heading – name, date, period, assignment. Left justified.
2. _____ Title – capitalize the first letter of the first word and then all important words.
3. Essay Body:

Introductory paragraph

_____ lead

_____ explain the lead

_____ summary of essay

_____ thesis

paragraph 2 – start the story

_____ setting, characters

_____ tell what the person wanted to do

_____ sight

paragraph 3 – tell the problem

_____ complications

_____ smell / sound

paragraph 4 – tell the solution

_____ tell how it turned out

Concluding paragraph

_____ restate the thesis

_____ describe how the incident changed the person involved. ( What was learned.)

4. _____ Eliminate the pronoun “you,” especially as a subject of a sentence.
5. _____ Spell check

6. _____ Partner proof read