Heading

_____Is Heading Correct?

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

Jane Doe

Professor Andrade

English 2332

25 Feb. 2005

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) OR

Biographical paragraph

_____Is the source/sources for this information clear in this paragraph?

_____Is the biographical information in the student's own words? (Biographical information should not be quoted.)

Essay

_____Is the essay packed with as much substance, support, and explanation as possible?

_____Number of paragraph and page no. where a paragraph needs more support (quotations).

    __________Number of additional paragraph/paragraphs

_____Number of paragraph and page no. where paragraph needs more explanation of the quotations.

    __________Number of additional paragraph/paragraphs

_____Is the essay focused (examples specifically relate to the thesis ad this relation is make clear through explanation)? In other words, are there any sections which leave you questioning the point/purpose or the relationship to the thesis?

__________Number of paragraph and page no. where paragraph needs more focus?

_____Are the paragraph transitions graceful? In other words, does each paragraph smoothly flow into the next, or do you get tripped up anywhere?

__________Number of paragraph and page no. where paragraph needs to be worked into the body of the essay.

_____Conclusion is thought-provoking and interesting

_____Essay is superior

_____Essay is average/satisfactory

_____Essay is unsatisfactory

The writer should work on

_____Diction and word choice

_____Grammar

_____Wordiness