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English 146
Long Essay Students name: _________________________________________
Emily Mahbobi

Dr. B. J. Day Check this box if you want in-text comments on your submission
Marking Colour Code
Blue highlighting identifies three things that worked particularly well in your paper
Green highlighting identifies (up to) three significant problems that need your attention
Yellow highlighting identifies other items you need to work on
* = Key learning objectives for this assignment
Layout and Formatting
Have you followed the essay layout template provided for you? (See CourseSpaces)
Is the running header material at the top of your pages correct?
Have you included, immediately above your title on page one, on the left side of the page, (1)
your name, (2) your instructors name, (3) the course details, and (4) the submission date?
Is your title correctly capitalized, concise, compelling, and suggestive of the topic?
Do you include a word count and stay within the limits? (See Submission Instructions)
Do you double space (ds) throughout (including your header and bibliography)?
Do you use 12-point font throughout (title, header, and bibliography too)?
Is your submission printed clearly in black ink, with appropriate margins?
Paragraph Organization and Content (AWE 68-73)
Do you use an appropriate number of paragraphs? Too many Too few
Do you establish a context for your project, avoiding unnecessary background information?
* Is your essay on one of the set topics? (No = upper grade ceiling of 49)
* Early in your paper, do you develop an arguable thesis? (AWE 23, 88-89)
Does each paragraph include a clear topic sentence (ts) containing one major idea related to the
thesis and outlining what your paragraph is about? (AWE 66-69)
* Do you avoid plot summary (ps)?
Are your paragraphs logically ordered, well developed, coherent (coh), with substantial
discussion, consisting of well-chosen evidence and insightful analysis? (AWE 69-72)
* Is your argumentation persuasive?
Does each paragraph have an appropriate conclusion/transition? (AWE 72-73)
Does your submission develop an appropriate conclusion? (AWE 95)
Sentence-level Writing (AWE 73-82)
Are your sentences substantive, clear, focused, engaging, concise, fluent, and linear, of an
appropriate length (not too long, not too short), w/ strong word choices (wc)? (AWE 76-82)
Do you avoid ambiguity (amb), awkward construction (awk), syntax problems (syn),
wordiness (w), repetition (rep), redundancy (red), and non-idiomatic usage (non-id)?
Is your writing specifically detailed, defining (def) and explaining key terms and concepts?
Have you used active voice, avoiding wordy passive voice (pass)? (AWE 74, 135)
Do you use a formal tone appropriate for your subject, purpose, and audience, and avoid using
colloquialisms (colloq), clichs, abbreviations (abb), and contractions (con)? (AWE 10, 78-79)
Was your submission carefully revised and edited (ed)? (AWE 19-21, 86-87)
MLA8 Conventions for Quoting/Citing/Referencing (AWE 59-61)
MLA8 conventions are followed (AWE 59-61)
Are authors correctly designated in the body of your paper? (AWE 59-60)
Are titles correctly designated in the body of your paper? (AWE 59-60)
Do you introduce and integrate quotations correctly (QI)? (AWE 41-45)
Are your quotations well chosen, and do you avoid quoting too much/too little? (AWE 41-42)
Do you cite all quoted and paraphrased material (cite)? (AWE 41, 46)
Are in-text citations correct (AWE 59-60)
Is your bibliography done correctly? (AWE 61) (No bibliography = 10 mark penalty)
Grammar
Problem In-text AW E Problem In-text AW E
symbol pages symbol pages
Run-on (fused) run-on 145 Faulty parallelism // 75
Comma splice cs 144-45 Sentence fragments frag 144
Dangling modifier dm 143-44 Misp Misplaced modifier mm 144
Subject-verb s-v agr 140 Problems with articles art 141-42
agreement (a, an, the)
Pronoun agreement pron agr 79, 140 Verb shift vb 142
Pronoun unclear ref Use present tense pt
English Usage and Related Issues
Problem In-text AW E Problem In-text AW E
symbol pages symbol pages
Use of numerals # 157-58 Spelling sp 152-55
Capitalization cap/lc 158 Faulty logic log 96-98
Factual error fact Missing word(s) mw
Punctuation
Problem In-text AW E Problem In-text AW E
symbol pages symbol pages
Commas p 146-47 Apostrophes apos 148
Colons p 150-51 Parentheses p 151
Semicolons p 147-48 Ellipses p 51
Quotation marks p QI 149-50 Hyphens p 155-56
End punctuation p 146 Dashes p 151
Other Symbols and In-text Comments
= good work ! = Im happy! EV = evidence required = new paragraph
? = Are you sure? \ = split or separate Q? = Why quote this? ^ = insert here
< > = suggested cut pl = plural required TMQ = Too much quoting ITAL = italicize
Underlined or circled sentence elements = errors in grammar, usage, punctuation, capitalization,
spelling, or MLA formatting
Insertion symbols (^) indicate the need to add punctuation, a letter or word, or MLA formatting
information
Marking symbols in the left or right margin relate to errors located in the adjacent paragraph
Your Grade:

Essay = /90

Citation and Bibliography Quiz = /5

Library Exercise = ______ /5