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Evaluation
Check List for Essay Writing
Developed by Ellen Beck and Patrick Peters |
I. Introduction
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YES |
NO
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Did you
write a clear thesis? |
II. Body
A. Topic One
(the first reason/example why you believe the thesis)
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Yes |
No
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Does the
first topic sentence support the thesis? |
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Do you
explain each example and tell why it's important? (Don't
just write a list) |
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Are there
enough examples, explanations, details to provide
support for the first topic? |
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Do the
examples and details follow a logical order? |
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Are the
transition words used correctly? |
B. Topic Two
(the second reason/example why you believe your thesis)
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Yes |
No
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Did you
use a transition to introduce your second topic? |
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Do you
explain each example and tell why it's important? (Don't
just write a list) |
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Is this
second topic sentence different than the first topic
sentence? |
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Are there
enough examples, explanations, details to provide
support for the second topic sentence? |
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Are these
examples clearly different than the examples you used in
your first topic? |
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Do the
examples, details, explanations, (support) follow a
logical order? |
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Are the
transition words used correctly? |
C. Topic Three
(The third topic is only necessary if you need to provide additional
support for your thesis).
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Yes |
No
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Did you
use a transition to introduce your third support topic? |
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Do you
explain each example and tell why it's important? (Don't
just write a list) |
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Is your
third topic sentence clearly different than your first
and second topic sentences? |
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Are there
enough examples, explanations, details to provide
support for the third topic? |
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Are the
examples clearly different than the examples you used in
your first and second topic? |
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Do the
examples, details, explanation follow a logical order? |
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Are
transition words used correctly? |
III.
Conclusion
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Did you
restate the thesis? |
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Did you
sum up your two or three topic sentences? |
IV. Overall Structure
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Yes |
No
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Does the
whole essay flow in a logical order? |
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Is each
paragraph related to the paragraph before it and the
paragraph after it? |
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Do the
introduction and conclusion match (are they discussing
the same thesis and supporting ideas?)? |
V. Grammar
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Yes |
No |
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Do your
subjects and verbs agree? (If the subject is plural, the
verb doesn't add "s"). |
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Do your
verbs follow a logical verb tense? For example, you
don't switch from present to past or past to present
without a good reason. |
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Do your
pronouns match the nouns they are replacing? For
example, students/they; Gallaudet/it; Carol/she; Bob/he. |
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Do you use
capital letters where necessary? For example, proper
nouns like English are always capitalized. |
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Do you use
the proper forms of related words? For example, success
(n), successful (adj.), succeed (v), successfully (adv). |
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Is your
spelling correct? |
Update:
June 1, 2001
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Proofreading tips - Read out loud Have someone else proof read for
you.
Cover the paper and read one line and one paragraph at a time.
Read backwards, starting with the last sentence and examining
every sentence, one at time.
Study each word. |