a) Is there an opening transition that shows the ordering system (e.g., time, degree of importance, familiarity)?
b) Is there a controlling idea that controls the paragraph and supports the thesis?
c) Are there enough supporting points?
d) Is there sufficient detail?
e) Are the supporting points ordered (e.g., time, degree of importance, familiarity)?
f) Are signals used between various points within the paragraph?
1.3 conclusion:
a) Is it concerned to the final body paragraph (by a key word or idea or by a transition)?
b) Does it refer to the thesis statement?
c) Is there a summary related to the various body paragraphs?
d) Is there a statement of belief that advises, suggests, recommends, predicts, or offers a solution?
Not all English essays demonstrate all of the features listed above. Indeed many good English essays do not satisfy such formula. As a writer, you may decide when features such as those listed are important and when your message might be improved by being less direct. This list is provided to help you as learning writer.
2. Language use:
a) Are the sentence forms generally correct?
b) Does each subject noun have a verb, and are clauses joined by connecting words?
c) Do parallel structures use the same grammar forms for their content unites?
d) Do sentence topics/subject nouns relate to topics or comments of earlier sentences?
e) Are prepositions followed by nouns or noun phrases?
f) Is a comma used when an adverb phrases comes before a sentence base?
g) Is a comma used to separate a relative clause that describes from the sentence base?
h) Are verbs in the correct tenses?
i) Do nouns agree in number with their verbs?
j) Do singular third-person present tense verbs end in “S”?
k) Do nouns that require articles have them?
l) Is spelling generally correct?