DATE: _____________________
MLA FORMAT
NAME AND PAGE
NUMBER
THESIS
STATEMENT
10 POINTS
Last name only
and page
number in
(Name #)
format on top
right heading of
every page
20 POINTS
Thesis
statement is last
sentence of
intro paragraph,
answers
questions, and
has 3
supporting
reasons with 1
modifier each.
7 POINTS
Last name and
page number are
missing from first
page OR name and
page number
format is
incorrect.
15 POINTS
One of the
following is
missing: thesis
statement is last
sentence of intro
paragraph,
answers
questions, and has
3 supporting
reasons with 1
modifier each.
6 POINTS
Two of the
following are
missing: heading
is present, on the
left side, in correct
order, doublespaced and all
parts are written
out correctly
4 POINTS
Three of the
following are
missing: heading
is present, on the
left side, in correct
order, doublespaced and all
parts are written
out correctly
2 POINTS
Four of the
following are
missing: heading
is present, on
the left side, in
correct order,
double-spaced
and all parts are
written out
correctly
5 POINTS
Name OR page
number are on all
pages, but not
both
2 POINTS
Name OR page
number are on
same pages, but
not all.
0 POINTS
No name or page
number on any
pages.
10 POINTS
Two of the
following are
missing: thesis
statement is last
sentence of intro
paragraph,
answers
questions, and has
3 supporting
reasons with 1
modifier each.
5 POINTS
Three of the
following are
missing: thesis
statement is last
sentence of intro
paragraph,
answers
questions, and has
3 supporting
reasons with 1
modifier each.
0 POINTS
No thesis
statement
present
GRAMMAR
10 POINTS
8 POINTS
5 POINTS
Piece of relevant textual
evidence is present but
it not embedded OR is
not cited properly.
5 POINTS
Piece of relevant textual
evidence is present but
it not embedded OR is
not cited properly.
5 POINTS
Piece of relevant textual
evidence is present but
it not embedded OR is
not cited properly.
5 POINTS
0
POINT
S
Only a
name is
present
.
3 POINTS
Piece of relevant
textual evidence is
present, but not
embedded and not
cited properly
3 POINTS
Piece of relevant
textual evidence is
present, but not
embedded and not
cited properly
3 POINTS
Piece of relevant
textual evidence is
present, but not
embedded and not
cited properly
0 POINTS
No piece of
relevant
textual
evidence
present.
0 POINTS
No piece of
relevant
textual
evidence
present.
0 POINTS
No piece of
relevant
textual
evidence
present.
3 POINTS
0 POINTS
Author makes no
errors in grammar
or spelling that
distract the reader
from the content.
FINAL
GRADE
COMMENTS:
2 POINTS
Two of the following
are missing: body
paragraph is present
with 1 main focus and
at least 2 transitional
words used.
2 POINTS
Two of the following
are missing: body
paragraph is present
with 1 main focus and
at least 2 transitional
words used.
2 POINTS
Two of the following
are missing: body
paragraph is present
with 1 main focus and
at least 2 transitional
words used.
2 POINTS
The author\'s
position is restated
within the closing
paragraph, but not
near the beginning.
1 POINT
Three of the following
are missing: body
paragraph is present
with 1 main focus and
at least 2 transitional
words used.
1 POINT
Three of the following
are missing: body
paragraph is present
with 1 main focus and
at least 2 transitional
words used.
1 POINT
Three of the following
are missing: body
paragraph is present
with 1 main focus and
at least 2 transitional
words used.
1 POINTS
The conclusion is
unrelated or simply
repeats the thesis
verbatim.
Author
makes more
than 6
errors in
grammar or
spelling that
distract the
reader from
content.
0 POINTS
No body
paragraph
is present.
0 POINTS
No body
paragraph
is present.
0 POINTS
No body
paragraph
is present.
0 POINTS
No
conclusion
present