Answer the following questions according to what the paper says, not what you think it might intend to say:
1. What is the audience for this paper? It should be stated at the top of the paper.
2. What kind of emotional appeal does the introduction make--health, wealth, or love? If not one of those, what is the emotional appeal? Is it appropriate to the audience? Explain.
3. Does the introduction indicate what the audience will be asked to do? (It should not; point out if it does.)
4. What are the main points in the persuasion? If the paper has a solid outline, you should easily be able to list them.
5. What is the method of organization of the body of this paper?
6. Is any supporting evidence missing?
7. What authorities are cited in this paper? Are they authorities this audience will respect?
8. Are authorities identified? Are all quotes copied from sources placed inside quotation marks? (Authorities should be identified and quotations should be placed inside quotation marks.)
9. Are the points in the body of the paper individually logical? Do they work well together, or do they contradict one another in topic, appeal, or tone?
10. Do you find any paragraphs which do not stick to their topics? Each paragraph should have one and only one topic.
11. Do you find any one-sentence or otherwise undeveloped paragraphs? All paragraphs should be clear and well developed.
12. What does the conclusion ask the reader to do?
13. Is the conclusion something reasonable, or is it too difficult or life-changing?
14. What has the writer done to make it as easy as possible for the audience to do what is asked in the conclusion?
15. Does the conclusion asks for something unreasonable? The conclusion must ask for something reasonable and easy to do.
16. Are there mechanical errors? Any paper, no matter what kind, should have no mechanical errors.
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