I. Introduction
| Yes | No | |
| > | Did you write a clear thesis? |
II. Body
A. Topic One (the first reason/example why you believe what you stated in your thesis)
| Yes | No | |
| Does the first topic sentence support the thesis? | ||
| Do you explain each example and tell why it’s important? (Don’t just write a list) | ||
| Are there enough examples, explanations, details to provide support for the topic? | ||
| Do the examples and details follow a logical order? | ||
| Are the transition words used correctly? |
B. Topic Two (the second reason/example why you believe what you stated in your thesis)
| Yes | No | |
| Did you use a transition to introduce your second topic? | ||
| Do you explain each example and tell why it’s important? (Don’t just write a list) | ||
| Is this second topic sentence different than the first topic sentence? | ||
| Are there enough examples, explanations, and details to provide support for the second topic sentence? | ||
| Are these examples clearly different than the examples you used in your first topic? | ||
| Do the examples, details, and explanations, (support) follow a logical order? | ||
| 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)
| Yes | No | |
| Did you use a transition to introduce your third topic? | ||
| Do you explain each example and tell why it’s important? (Don’t just write a list) | ||
| Is your third topic sentence clearly different than your first and second topic sentences? | ||
| Are there enough examples, explanations, and details to provide support for the third topic? | ||
| Are the examples clearly different than the examples you used in your first and second topic? | ||
| Do the examples, details, explanations follow a logical order? | ||
| Are transition words used correctly? |
III. Conclusion
| Yes | No | |
| Did you restate the thesis? | ||
| Did you sum up your two or three topic sentences? |
IV. Overall Structure
| Yes | No | |
| Does the whole essay flow in a logical order? | ||
| Is each paragraph related to the paragraph before it and the paragraph after it? | ||
| Do the introduction and conclusion match? (Are they discussing the same thesis and supporting ideas?) |
V. Grammar
| Yes | No | |
| Do your subjects and verbs agree? (If the subject is plural, the verb doesn’t add “s”). | ||
| 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. | ||
| Do your pronouns match the nouns they are replacing? For example, students/they; Gallaudet/it; Carol/she; Bob/he. | ||
| Do you use capital letters where necessary? For example, proper nouns like English are always capitalized. | ||
| Do you use the proper forms of related words? For example, success (n), successful (adj.), succeed (v), successfully (adv). | ||
| Is your spelling correct? |
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