ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ESSAY EVALUATION FORM
(This form will be used to grade the major essays in the
course)
Revision...........................................................................................................................................................................
(05)
In essays that are taken through several stages,
the instructor must see evidence of work in progress or the essay will not be accepted.
*Participation in
peer review
*Rough drafts on time
* Evidence of significant revision
Content..................................................................................................................................................................
(50)_____
Introduction
* Attention grabber
* Clear, limited thesis
Unity
* No unnecessary details
Adequate development
*Required length (Your final grade will be reduced by the
percentage of the essay that you did not complete)
* Sufficient specific detail
*Specific nouns
*Vivid verbs
* Appropriate examples
Coherence
Conclusion
Mechanics/Format..................................................................................................................................................
(45)_____
Overall Essay Grade............................................................................................................................................
(100)_____
|
Error |
1-2 pages |
3-4 pages (>800
words) |
|
Heading |
-2 |
-2 |
|
Title |
-3 |
-3 |
|
Page numbers, margins,
spacing |
-2 |
-2 |
|
Fragment (fr) |
-6 |
-5 |
|
Run-on (ro) |
-6 |
-5 |
|
Verb error (vb) |
-4 |
-3 |
|
Pronoun error (pn) |
-4 |
-3 |
|
Incorrect sentence
structure(ss) |
-1, -3, -5 |
|
|
Adj, adv error (ae) |
-4 |
-3 |
|
Wordiness (wd) |
-1, -3, -5 |
|
|
Misplaced Modifier
(mm) |
-4 |
-3 |
|
Incorrect word choice
(wc) |
-1,-3,-5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lack of parallelism
(par) |
-4 |
-3 |
|
Repetition (rp) |
-1, -3, -5 |
|
|
Shifts (verbs or
person) (shift) |
-4 |
-3 |
|
Omission (omis) |
-1, -3, -5 |
|
|
Spelling error (sp) |
-4 |
-3 |
|
Punctuation errors
Commas (c)
-Semicolon (s) ;Apostrophe (apos)
Quote marks (?)
Period, etc(per) |
-1 |
-1/2
|
|
Capitalization error
(cap) |
-1 |
-1/2 |
