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Jane Doe

Professor Andrade

English 1302 WW2

13 Feb. 2007

Introduction

 ____Title appropriate to the subject of the essay? See T in Grading (“Grading” is a link that can be found on the front page of 1302 or in the Syllabus of literature course.) Please review these grammatical standards before you turn in your essay.

____Correct type of  title: See T in Grading

____Introductory quotation? See student examples:

____Adequate transitional sentence linking introductory quotation to the

introduction? See examples

____Author's name and the stories'/poems’ names mentioned in the introduction?

____Essay is in proper format: introduction, 2 or 3 body paragraphs, and conclusion

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

First Body Paragraph

 ____Topic sentence develops, supports the idea of the thesis? See XThesis in Grading

 ____Quotations that support the argument of the topic sentence?

____Quotations appropriately punctuated and with page numbers in ( )? See QM in Grading

____Quotations have adequate transition: see TR in Grading

____Writer analyzes thesis and does not rely on plot summary

Second Body Paragraph  

 ____ Topic sentence develops, supports the argument of the thesis? 

____Quotations that support the argument of the topic sentence?

____Quotations appropriately punctuated and with page numbers in ( )?

____Quotations have adequate transition: see TR in Grading

____Writer analyzes thesis and does not rely on plot summary

 Third Body Paragraph:

 ____ Topic sentence develops, supports the argument of the thesis?

____Quotations that support the argument of the topic sentence?

____Quotations appropriately punctuated and with page numbers in ( )?

____Quotations have adequate transition: see TR in Grading

____Writer analyzes thesis and does not rely on plot summary

 Conclusion 

____Conclusion connects the stories to contemporary life or the student writer's own life

____Conclusion provides emotional closure

Grammar

_____Good grammar

_____Needs minor improvement: See “Grading” for Grammar skills. Also, see Help on the website for information on the Writing Center.

_____Needs a great deal of improvement: See “Grading” for Grammar skills. Also, 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 minor improvement: Diction (word choice) and syntax (sentence structure: skillful combination of clauses) See “Grading” for examples of poor diction: D.

_____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.

If this assignment calls for secondary sources:

_____Works Cited is written in correct MLA form

_____All sources listed on the Works Cited are referenced in the body of the essay.

_____All sources are scholarly (taken from peer-reviewed print journals or the college databases)