Inconvenient Truth Grade Sheet    	Name______________________________         Grade____________

1.  Does the introduction summarize the purpose and content of the film in a few sentences?
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No			Somewhat				Fully		

2. Does the introduction include a thesis which gives the author’s evaluation of the success of Gore’s strategies in the film?
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3.  Does the essay accurately represent the ideas conveyed in the film without misunderstandings?
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4. Does each body paragraph have a unified focus and a topic sentence that gives the main idea of the paragraph?
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5. Does each body paragraph discuss a strategy Gore uses to convince the viewer and evaluate the success or failure of that strategy?
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6.   Does each body paragraph mention at least two examples to illustrate its discussion of Gore’s strategy, such as quotations or descriptions of images or scenes from the film?

7. Does the conclusion return to the big picture and discuss the writer’s evaluation of the film as a whole?
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7. Does the essay have the correct format? It must be double-spaced in twelve-point font and follow the formatting instructions on the “Essay Format” page in the course reader.  
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9. Is the essay free from plagiarism (any instance of four words in a row that are the same as in another text)?
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No								Yes	

6.  Is the essay free from errors in grammar, punctuation, word choice, and proofreading?
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