CONTENTS: Are ideas well developed and applied?

Are the ideas sufficiently

original? Is there a central purpose? Are concepts and terminology appropriate and
clear? Are the critical thinking functions of the field or discipline used well?


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SUPPORTING DETAILS: Are there adequate and appropriate details (e.g., quotations,
paraphrases, examples, stories, statistics, graphics, or a bibliography)? Do they support
the paper’s central concepts? Are the details well explained and connected to the
concepts? 

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AUDIENCE/STYLE: Does the paper show evidence of consideration of its

audience? Does it use an appropriate academic or professional tone? Does it speak in an
appropriate voice to its audience?

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ORGANIZATION: Does the paper have a central subject or argument? Are there clear,
separate topics and/or sections that start with appropriate topic sentences or
subtitles? Are there clear, developed paragraphs? Introduction, body & conclusion?
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PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE: Are mechanics—e.g., grammatical usage, spelling,

punctuation, sentence structure, graphics/illustrations, and typing—sufficiently correct?
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BIBLIOGRAPHY: Are the reference articles used and cited appropriately?

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