Name: ______Period: ______Date: ______Autobiography Checklist *Attach to your final draft packet

Features Where is your evidence?

Is it written in the First person?

Is it in the past tense?

Are there facts about your character’s life?

Do you have an exposition in which you establish the setting?

Do you describe the geography of the location of your story? (make sure it has a source) Is it in chronological order?

Are there 3 cultural references? Did you highlight them in green?

Have you written in clear paragraphs? Are your ideas fully developed?

Have you described in detail the three points of rising action?

Is there any emotive language? Language that is strong and uses creative adjective choices.

Will your writing keep the reader interested?

Is there a clear conflict in your story? Does your conflict come to a turning point? (CLIMAX?) is it clear where your climax is in your story? Is there a variety of sentence structure? Are your sentences different lengths.

Does your main protagonist have a clear description? Do you show the “S.T.E.A.L.” of your character? Highlight your “S.T.E.A.L” in pink. Biography Checklist

Features Where is your evidence?

Is it written in the Third person?

Is it in the past tense?

Are there facts about the person’s life?

Are there dates to show when events happened?

Is it in chronological order?

Are there any time connectives?

Have you written in clear paragraphs?

Have you described in detail?

Is there any emotive language?

Will your writing keep the reader interested?

Have you thought about VCOP?

Is there a variety of sentence structure?

Have you met your personal target?