Chapter 12: What Have I Accomplished? Conclusion and Final Assessment
Self-Evaluation
Taking Measure
Introduction
Does your introduction contain a specific and illustrative strategy that introduces your thesis?
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Does your introduction contain your two-storey thesis?
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Does your thesis point clearly to your central document?
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Does your thesis contain two specific pieces of evidence from your central document?
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Does your thesis contain a complex argument that follows logically from those pieces of evidence?
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Is every quotation and/or paraphrase cited correctly using correct in-text citation?
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Have you read your introduction out loud and found no grammatical or syntactical errors?
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Body Paragraphs
Do you have a topic sentence for each paragraph?
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Does that topic sentence build on the information or analysis given in the previous paragraph?
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Does the content of the paragraph relate to the topic sentence?
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Does the end of each paragraph transition into the following paragraph?
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Is every quotation and/or paraphrase cited correctly using correct in-text citation?
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Did you define all the key terms within your argument with a scholarly definition?
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Is each quotation introduced and contextualized?
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Is each quotation within each paragraph analyzed fully and actively?
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Is the analysis of the central document detailed and specific?
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Does the analysis of the central document arrive at evidence that supports your complex argument?
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Is each piece of scholarly research (quotation, statistic, definition) analyzed actively and fully?
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Does each piece of scholarly research refine your complex argument?
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Does at least one body paragraph clearly state your complex argument clearly and logically?
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Does your essay build logically to include your third storey?
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Do you dedicate at least one paragraph to explaining your third storey?
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Does your third storey include scholarly research?
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Does your third storey add something new to your second storey?
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Have you read your body paragraphs out loud and found no grammatical or syntactical errors?
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Conclusion
Does your conclusion respond to the thesis in your introduction?
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Does your conclusion include an effective concluding strategy?
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Does your conclusion contain your final, complex argument?
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Does your conclusion provide closure to your reader?
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Is every quotation and/or paraphrase cited correctly using correct in-text citation?
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Have you read your conclusion out loud and found no grammatical or stylistic errors?
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Academic Style: Formatting/Works Cited/References
Do you have a cover page, if it is appropriate?
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Have you titled your paper and included your personal information correctly?
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Have you double checked your machine-generated citations for errors?
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Have you used a consistent citation style?
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Have you cited every source that you referenced in your essay?
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Are your citations in alphabetical order?
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