Take a look at the following categories to make some decisions about revising your paper.
HIGHER ORDER CONCERNS
FOCUS
What is the writers focus?
Is it clear, fuzzy, or implied?
Is the whole paper on focus?
Score: 1 5 ?
DEVELOPMENT
Is the support the writer gives for the focus adequate, weak, strong?
Are there enough types of support (reasoning, examples, quotes, paraphrases, opinions)?
Score: 1 5 ?
ORGANIZATION
Do the paragraphs clearly work to support the focus?
Can you follow the overall organization?
Are individual paragraphs organized well and easy to read?
Score: 1 5 ?
LOWER ORDER CONCERNS
STYLE
Is the vocabulary adequate for a college-level paper?
Are the sentence patterns varied and interesting?
Score: 1 5 ?
MECHANICS
Spelling, punctuation, grammarcheck for mistakes.
Score: 1 5 ?