Essay Evaluation Form

ESSAY EVALUATION              WRITER'S NAME___________________
                              EDITOR'S NAME___________________
CONTENT POINTS  (60)___________            TOTAL _____________
STYLE-GRAMMAR   (40)___________


                              IDEA

Important          15     14    12     10     8             Basic
Interesting                                                Boring

                         USE OF EXAMPLES

Enough             15     14     12    10     8              None
Strong                                                Weak/Cliche

                              UNITY

Logical            15     14     12    10     8      Disorganized

Consistent         15     14     12    10     9      Inconsistent
point of view                                              p.o.v.

                                        CONTENT POINTS________/60

                            SENTENCES
Clear               5     4        3     2    1             Wordy
Concise                                               Repetitious
                                                        Fragments
                           VOCABULARY
Specific            5     4        3     2    1           General
Precise                                                     Vague

                             GRAMMAR
Paragraphing        5     4        3     2    1      Too short or
Clear                                                    too long

Spelling Good       5     4        3     2    1              Weak

Mechanics           5     4        3     2    1      Punct., etc.
Professional                                    Amateur, careless

Parallelism         5     4        3     2    1         Confusing

Strong title        5     4        3     2    1        Weak title

Strong 1st parag.   5     4        3     2    1   Weak 1st parag.
Strong end                                               Weak end

                                 STYLE-GRAMMAR POINTS_________/40