excellent	very good	good	poor	n/a	comment
Intro	topic/zinger						grabs reader
	background						who, what, where, when
	definitions						terms, movements, ãismsä
	thesis						why, ãso what,ä road map
Body	organization						logical hierarchy
	topic sent.						connection to thesis
	specifics						dates, events, examples
	quotes						choice, use
	discussions						analysis
	transitions
Concl.	restatement
	expansion						ãso what?ä question
Insight Analysis							originality, Êcritical inquiry, synthesis
Sources							selection and use

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Provisional grade (if this outline became an essay without significant changes):

ÊEssay Form and Correction Key

Introduction

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ ãZingerä

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Background

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Thesis + Road Map: points A, B,+ C

Body Paragraph ãAä

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Topic Sentence ãAä

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Evidence (quotes, dates, events)+ Analysis

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Transistion to ãBä

ÊBody Paragraph ãBä

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Topic Sentence ãBä

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Evidence (quotes, dates, events)+ Analysis

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Transistion to ãCä

ÊBody Paragraph ãCä

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Topic Sentence ãCä

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Evidence (quotes, dates, events)+ Analysis

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Transistion to conclusion

Conclusion

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Restate Thesis (more fully)

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Expansion (ãso what?ä)

Correction Symbols

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ WWÊÊÊÊÊÊ wrong word (Choose a more appropriate word. Try a thesaurus)

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ NSWÊÊÊÊÊ no such word (Choose a more appropriate word. Try a thesaurus)

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ ¦ ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ insert paragraph ( A new idea deserves a new ¦ )

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ ÊÊ insert

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ AAÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ ambiguous antecedent (unclear to which noun the pronoun refers)

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ VTÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ faulty verb tense agreemant (ie. shifting from past to present)

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ /ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ lower case (ie. a capital with a diagonal line through it should become a lowercase)

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ _ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ upper case (ie.Ê ãaä means it should be ãAäÊ )

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ remove

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ unclear phrase

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ UNCÊÊÊÊÊ unclear idea

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ vagueÊÊÊ vague language (be more specific; define your terms)

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ AWKÊÊÊÊ awkward phrasing (choose your words/terms more carefully)

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ ???ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ what the heck are you talking about?

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ ptÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ punctuation

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ spÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ spelling

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ collÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ colloquialism (ie: "Yo, Lincoln really dissed Jeff Davis, y'know")

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ fragÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ sentence fragment (ie: "Entering the war for political reasons, not moral ones.")

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ sigÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ significance (what is the significance of this point?)

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ reverse

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ ∆ ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ change