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1. What is the students thesis? Is it clear and specific? (If you cannot identify the
thesis, give the writer some ideas as to how to make thesis clearer.)

2. Does the author have at least 4 pieces of textual evidence? Do all pieces of
evidence support the claims made (thesis)? Are quotations cited according to MLA
formatting? (If not, write down problems here.)
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3. Does each body paragraph have a clear topic sentence? And, does each body
paragraph contain clear commentary that ties to the topic sentence and thesis?
Does each body paragraph contain a transition sentence? If not, give the writer
some ideas for how to improve.

4. Does the essay have a concluding paragraph that has a SO WHAT? (Why does
what you said matter? What does it teach us about life/human nature?) Does it
have a strong concluding statement?

5. What was your favorite part of this essay? How could the writer build on it?

6. If you could change one part of this essay, what would you change? Why?

7. Are there parts of the essay that are unclear? If so, conference with the writer or
write some ideas here.

Has the writer used:

____ 3rd person point of view throughout the paper
____ Active language (especially verbs)
____ 4-6 sentences for each paragraph

____ Literary present tense

____ Sentence variety

The writers essay should not contain any of the following. If it does, please circle which
one(s) the author should look to change when revising.
Contractions
Slang

Clichs

Rhetorical questions

Weak words

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