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What am I writing about?
Does my opening paragraph have an attention grabber?
Can my reader understand my opinion?
Where in my opening paragraph did I state my opinion?
Did I write the reasons why I feel the way I do?
Did I write a separate paragraph to explain each of my reasons?
When I gave a reason for my opinion, did I give any examples or details?
Did the details or examples I gave help the reader to easily form a picture in his or her mind?
Did I restate my opinion?
Where in the paragraph did I restate my opinion?
Did I summarize my reasons in my closing paragraph?
Did I write like I talk? Does this sound like I wrote this essay?
Did I make any errors in punctuation, usage, spelling, and/or capitalization?