Checklist

ENG 106: Composition 2

Title: ______________

Name: _____________
Date: ______________

Problem areas appear in red below.

Content

This assignment contains:

___ all of the required components, including number of sources;

___ accurate information;

___ abundant relevant evidence, including an average of three details per paragraph;

___ evidence from credible sources;

___ evidence from timely sources;

___ my own interpretation of the evidence, including an average of one or two interpretive sentences per quotation, paraphrase, or summary.

Clarity

This assignment contains:

___ a clear argumentative claim in its introduction;

___ paragraphs arranged in an effective order;

___ an effective topic sentence at the beginning of each supporting paragraph;

___ supporting sentences organized according to levels of generality;

___ coherent supporting sentences that abide by the “known-new contract”;

___ clear individual sentences.

Style

This assignment contains:

___ an engaging introduction.

___ concise sentences;

___ lively language;

___ an appropriate tone;

___ an appropriate register;

___ no sentence fragments, fused sentences, errors in subject-verb agreement, or other grammatical problems;

___ no misspellings or errors in pronunciation;

___ no misused words;

___ no errors in capitalization;

___ no errors in the use of quotation marks or italicization;

___ no errors in the use of commas, apostrophes, and other punctuation marks;

___ a satisfying conclusion;

___ a professional appearance.

Integrity

This assignment contains:

___ quotation marks around exact words taken from sources;

___ an attributive phrase in each sentence containing a key word, a phrase, or an idea taken from a source.

___ a parenthetical citation at the end of each sentence containing a key word, a phrase, or an idea taken from a print source.

___ a list of works cited identifying all of the sources—and only those sources—that are actually identified through attributive phrases and parenthetical citations in the assignment itself.

Score: ______

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