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_____Is Heading Correct?

(Upper left corner of p. 1: Example:)

Jane Doe

Professor Andrade

English 1302 WW 2

25 Feb. 2007

Introduction

 ____Title appropriate to the subject of the essay?: See T in Grading

____Correct type of  title: See T in Grading

____Author's name and the title of the story, poems, or play in the introduction?

____Thesis is analytical and does not merely state events in the story. (See explanation of thesis in Grading: XThesis)

Essay

Is the thesis supported from the critics' points-of-view?

    _____Superior

    _____Good

    _____Satisfactory

    _____Unsatisfactory

Is there adequate explanation/quotations from the text of  story/play/poems?

    _____Superior

    _____Good

    _____Satisfactory

    _____Unsatisfactory

The student explains well his/her point-of-view (not too much re-telling of the plot).

    _____Superior

    _____Good

    _____Satisfactory

    _____Unsatisfactory

_____Conclusion is thought-provoking and interesting

_____Essay is superior

_____Good

_____Essay is average/satisfactory

_____Essay is unsatisfactory

Grammar

_____Good grammar

_____Needs improvement: Grammar skills: see Help on the Website for information on the Writing Center

_____Needs a great deal of improvement: Grammar skills: see Help on the Website for information on the Writing Center

_____Good diction (word choice) and sophisticated syntax (sentence structure: skillful combination of  clauses, use of complex sentences)

_____ Needs improvement: Diction (word choice) and syntax (sentence structure: skillful combination of clauses)

_____Needs a great deal of improvement: Diction: see Help on the Website for information on the Writing Center

_____Essay is well developed. Each body paragraph has as much information and support (quotations) as possible.

_____Essay has some development. Body paragraphs need more examples and support (quotations).

_____Needs improvement: You need to explain your ideas more fully and give more examples, quotations, paraphrases.

_____Essay rambles, strays from thesis. The essay needs to be tighter in organization, more concise

Works Cited

_____Correct

_____Revise

Parenthetical Documentation

_____Correct

_____Revise