Revising

Follows prompt

Speaks to audience

Clear thesis

Evidence & support

• Does paper meet instructor’s requirements?
• Who is the audience? Does the paper speak to the intended audience?
• Is there a clear thesis or main purpose described?
• Does the paper develop the thesis around major subtopics?
• Is each subtopic developed with evidence and support?

Logical order

Transitional phrasing

Engaging introduction

Closure

• Are major subtopics presented in a logical order?
• Is transitional phrasing and logical ordering used to create paragraph flow?
• Are sentences within paragraphs arranged in a logical order?
• Does the introduction engage the reader and the conclusion provide closure?

Consistent tone

Smooth paraphrase

Sentence variety

Active voice

Concise

• Does tone remain consistent throughout?
• Have you smoothly incorporated paraphrase and quotation? Cited sources correctly?
• Have you varied sentence length and type?
• Are word choices appropriate? Is the writing concise?
• Have you cast most sentences in the active voice?

Sentence grammar

Punctuation

Spelling

Mechanics

• Have you proofread for grammar errors such as comma splices, tense shifts, and vague pronouns?
• Have you checked apostrophes, hyphens, commas, semicolons, and colons?
• Did you run spell check and proof capitalization, abbreviations, and numbers?