- Number the paragraphs on the essay itself
- Does the opening paragraph grab the reader?
- Do they provide useful background information on the issue?
- What style of introduction is the writer using? (Anecdote/question/contrast/metaphor etc)
- Underline, then write down their thesis/main point as clearly as you can—
- Is the evidence adequate, over-all? Do they draw from N&D? Do they draw from two other sources?
- Put a box around the best paragraph/evidence they offer.
- What is the least convincing? Draw [brackets] around the least convincing evidence.
- Do they rely mainly on emotional appeals (stories, anecdotes) or logical appeals (facts, statistics, secondary sources)?
- Put a squiggly line under the first sentence of the “counter argument.”
- Is there an effort to provide balance?
- How do they handle the “c-a”? Refute, concede, modify?
- What paragraphs/sections are hard to follow?
- Identify the strongest transition between paragraphs using Good Trans! next to it.
Identify the weakest transition between paragraphs using Trans?
- Does the conclusion end forcefully/memorably?
- What grammatical problems need to be addressed?
- What is your favorite part of this essay?
- What could the writer do in revision to make it even better?
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