Self-Evaluation for Expository Essay

  1. Copy your topic sentence (main idea or thesis statement) in the space below.

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  2. What is the best part of your paper? Be specific!

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  3. What part are you not quite satisfied with? Be specific!

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  4. What vivid verbs and sensory details did you use in your paper? List at least 5.

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  5. How did you begin your paper? (Quote, Anecdote, Historical Background, etc.)

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  6. How did you end your paper?

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  7. What would you do differently if you had this paper to do over again?

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  8. Did you include complex sentences? Write 2 here.

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  9. What type of supportive and relevant information did you include? (Examples, opinions of others, statistics, etc.)

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  10. What grade do you think you deserve on this paper? Convince me that you really earned this grade!