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


____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?

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


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: 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)

_____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.