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ENG at the Undergraduate Level and Way, Way, Way Beyond
Essay/Papers Grading Sheet
Form or Style (how you say what you say)
1. MLA style conventions (12-pt font, double spaced, 1 inch margins, instructor‟s name,
course title, date, student name, essay title, bibliography, proper textual references,
aesthetically clean)
/20
2. Spelling and Grammar (an A paper will be virtually error-free in terms of spelling,
punctuation, spacing, and syntax)
/20
Content (what you say)
3. Clear Thesis (main argument or point you will develop in order to convince your
readership, typically presented in the introduction)
/20
4. Thesis Support (three main points backing up your thesis, each typically developed in a
separate paragraph, and proven by way of quotations from the primary text, and usually
with secondary research from supporting texts)
/30
5. Conclusion (summarizes the main crux of your essay whilst perhaps suggesting further
avenues for research in the area developed in the essay)
/10
Total /100
Editorial Symbols
Indent → Word choice wc
Insert ٧ Meaning/point unclear ?
Unclear antecedent ant Incomplete paragraph f ¶
Sentence fragment sf New paragraph ¶
Subject-verb disagreement s-v Run-on sentence r-o
Use present tense pt Comma Splice cs
Dangling Modifier dm Incorrect Spelling sp
Improper syntax/grammar syn Unexplored Generality/cliché cli
Redundant/omit „—
Dangling quotation tie in
Add space # or / Split infinitive s/i
Common Problems/Errors
1. Avoid locutions like “It is important to note that….” This, and others like it, is
redundant; if it‟s not important, why even talk about it?
2. Use active, not passive, voice; and use present tense whenever possible. Texts, even
“old” ones, live today. This is why we still are reading them and are talking about them.
3. Do the work for your readers. Inform them. Assume that your reader is unfamiliar with
your selected text(s).
4. Standardize your spacing and font.
5. Never ever cite from Wikipedia or Sparknotes and other non-academic, non-refereed
sources, unless of course your paper is about the unreliability of these sources. To
reference Wikipedia is merely concrete evidence of your own critical laziness.
6. Make your paper aesthetically beautiful. You don‟t leave your home without checking
the mirror and making sure you are presentable, so don‟t submit an assignment that is
formally ugly. All submissions are reflections of your interiority and your exteriority.
7. Avoid the overuse of coordinate conjunctions. Do not begin every other sentence with
“Moreover,” “However,” “Nevertheless,” etc.
8. Use the “etc.” correctly, as in the example above, where the “etc.” refers to the
remaining coordinate conjunctions that simply would be a burden to list. The “etc.” in the
following example is used incorrectly, as it could refer almost to anything whatsoever: “I
like running, movies, flowers, pizza, etc.”
9. English is a language of synonyms. Take advantage of this. Avoid using the same
words ad infinitum, ad nauseam.
10. If you reference a dictionary, use the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
11. Add variety to your essays by including long and short sentences and simple and
complex ones, simple words and complex ones, connotative usages and denotative ones.
12. Prove your points/arguments by quoting telling details/lines/selections from both
primary texts and secondary research. Your job is to convince your reader that your
argument is valid. Mere opinion is not falsifiable/defensible testimony.
13. Avoid the following common errors: reoccur when you mean recur, the double
negative irregardless when you mean irrespective or regardless; quote (verb) when you
mean quotation (noun); human (adjective) when you mean human being (adjective +
noun); they (plural) when you mean he or she (singular); alright (spoken, informal) when
you mean all right (written, formal).
14. Avoid using the descriptor “normal” if you are unaware that “normalcy” is typically
cultural and not natural. By obvious extension, the word “natural” is likewise unnatural.
15. The word “nowadays” should be used very sparingly or avoided altogether.
Nowadays, the coordinate conjunction nowadays loses currency too quickly, thus
downgrading your thesis to the merely topical, to the dustbin of history.
16. Yet is not a coordinate conjunction. Therefore, it should not be followed by a comma,
unless you are including a dependent clause before you‟re independent clause. I.e.: “He is
a fool. Yet he thinks he‟s a wizard.” “She is a fool. Yet, for reasons I cannot decipher, she
acts like she‟s a god-gifted genius.”
17. Edit, edit, edit. And then edit some more. Then do it again.
18. A good paper is easy to read.
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