96 Essay #2: Did Gore Get It Right?    	Name______________________________         Grade____________

Is the essay free from errors in grammar, punctuation, word choice, and proofreading?
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Problems to focus on:

Does the introduction summarize Gore’s approach to presenting the science in your Rough Guide chapter?
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Does the introduction include a thesis which evaluates how well Gore summarized the science from your chapter?
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Does each body paragraph have a unified focus and a topic sentence that gives the main idea of the paragraph?
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Yes: body paragraphs__________
No: body paragraphs___________

Do the body paragraphs fully explain how the author arrived at the overall judgment expressed in the thesis?
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Does the essay accurately summarize the ideas contained in the readings without misunderstandings?
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Does the essay discuss all the main scientific ideas contained in your Rough Guide chapter and tell whether or not Gore covered them?
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Does the essay discuss all relevant criticisms of Gore mentioned in the articles in relation to your topic?
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Does each body paragraph include at least two relevant paraphrases or quotations?
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Does the author use connecting words effectively to show the relationships between ideas?
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Does the author use a variety of signal phrases to integrate quotations and paraphrases smoothly?
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Does the author follow the guidelines for MLA in-text citations?
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Does the author explain how each quotation or paraphrase relates to his or her point?
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Does the conclusion return to the big picture and discuss Gore’s overall success or failure?
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Does the essay have the correct format? See the “Essay Format” page in the course reader.  
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Does the Works Cited page list all the sources in correct format?
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Is the essay free from plagiarism (any instance of four words in a row that are the same as in another text)?