Organizationandargumentation

Isthereatitle?Isitappropriateforthepiece?
Isthereanintroductionthatpresentsthetopicandstatesthewriters
positiononthattopic?
Doestheintrocontainahooktogetthereadersattentionfromthe
start?
Isthereathesisstatementonesentencethatstatesthemainidea,the
writerspositioninrelationtothetopic?
Doestheintrocontainaroadmapfortheessay,summarizingthe
argumentsorissuesthatwillbeaddressedinthebodyparagraphs?
Doestheauthorusebodyparagraphsappropriately,eachonetofocus
onasingleissue?
Doeseachbodyparagraphhaveatopicsentence?
Doeseachtopicsentencesupportthethesisstatement?
Iseachtopicsentencesupportedbyatleasttwopiecesofevidence?
Doesthewriterexplaineachpieceofevidenceused?
Isthereaconclusionthatrestatesthemainideainadifferentand
effectiveway?
Doesthewritingflowlogically?
Istheessaypersuasive?Whyorwhynot?
Doestheessayshowthatitwasplanned,thatitwasaresultof
intentionalorganization?
Aresourcesproperlycitedorreferenced(accordingtoAPAstyle)?
Fromabigpictureperspective,whatdoyoulikeabouttheessay?
Whatchangeswouldyousuggest?

Form

Isthepunctuationcorrect?
Iscapitalizationcorrect?
Arethereanyincompletesentences?
Istheverbtensecorrectineachsentence?
Arepossessivesinthecorrectform?
Arepluralformscorrect?
Iseverywordspelledcorrectly?
Istheessayfreeofmistakeswithhomophones(their,there,theyre;
too,to,two;your,youre;etc.)?
Arequotationmarksusedcorrectly?
Areprepositionsusedcorrectly?
Arethereanyrun-onsentences?
Dothesubjectandverbofeachsentenceagreewithoneanother(e.g.,
bothinpluralorbothinsingularform)?

Style

Doesthewriterusetransitionstomovefromoneparagraphtothenext?
Isthewritingclearandunderstandable?Isthereanyawkward
language?
Arethetypesofsentencestructuresvaried(amixofsimple,compound,
andcomplexsentences)?
Doestheessaycontainstrong,effectivevocabulary?Orweak?
Areanypartsoftheessaytoowordyinsteadofsuccinct?Isthere
unhelpfulrepetition?
Doesthewritingflowstylistically?