Is quoted material enclosed within quotation marks (unless it has been set off from the text)?
Is quoted language word-for-word accurate? If not, do brackets or ellipsis marks indicate the changes or omissions?
Does a clear signal phrase (usually naming the author and providing a date) prepare readers for each quotation and for the purpose the quotation serves?
Is each quotation put in context?
Use of summaries and paraphrases
Are summaries and paraphrases free of plagiarized wording—not copied or half-copied from the source?
Do readers know where the cited material begins? In other words, does a signal phrase mark the boundary between your words and the summary or paraphrase, unless the context makes clear exactly what you are citing?
Does a clear signal phrase prepare readers for the purpose the summary or paraphrase has in your argument?
Use of statistics and other facts
Are statistics and facts (other than common knowledge) documented with parenthetical citations?
Will readers understand exactly which facts are being cited?