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STEP 10: Proofreading—Checking the Details
When you have completed the revising process in Step 9, prepare your final draft.
Then, check it for punctuation, grammar, mechanics, and usage. [See Part IV for
rules and examples.] Check word choice and spelling.
WRITING-ACROSS-THE-CURRICULUM MODELS
Any piece of writing must be tailored to the audience who will read it. Thus, in addi-
tion to the sample classification paper below, you will find online four additional
samples, tailored for other audiences, along with their respective analyses.
See online at [http://www.wiley.com/go/wnwstudentwritinghandbook.]
Sample for English
Sample for Social Sciences
Sample Workplace Writing
Sample Technical Writing
All deal with the same general topic: Mammoth Cave National Park. Note that the
five sample classification papers include single-paragraph papers and three-, four-,
and six-paragraph themes. The samples illustrate both order of importance and
chronological order. By comparing the five samples, you should gain a broad under-
standing of the classification method of development. Be sure to check online at
http://www.wiley.com/go/wnwstudentwritinghandbook.
SAMPLE foR SCIENCE
The nature of scientific study suggests the importance of classification in a science
class. Scientists regularly sort, show relationships, and classify.
Animals in Mammoth Cave
In Mammoth Cave, biologists have identified nearly 150 animal species, but only about 30 can
be considered common. These cave-dwelling animals fall into 2 groups: Part-time cave dwell-
ers, called trogloxenes, who move freely from inside to outside, and permanent cave dwellers,
which include both troglophiles and troglobites.
The trogloxenes depend less on sight than do other animals and thus can find their way in and
out of the cave in the dark. They rely on the cool, constant temperatures and the high humid-
ity for protection either in winter or summer. These animals, all of which feed outside the cave,
include raccoons, pack rats, cave crickets, and bats. Animals such as raccoons spend only