Informative Essay Checklist
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Do you have an attention-grabbing hook strategy?
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Do you have a clear and concise thesis that responds to the prompt?
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Did you introduce the text title and author in your introduction?
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Does your body paragraph have a clear topic sentence?
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Does your body paragraph have two strong pieces of text evidence?
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Do you have a quote set-up for each quote that introduces context?
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Is your text evidence quoted and cited correctly?
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Do you have thorough and insightful analysis that follows each quote? (NOT paraphrased text evidence)
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Does your body paragraph end with a concluding sentence?
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Is your body paragraph 8+ sentences?
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Does your conclusion restate your thesis?
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Does your conclusion tie back to your hook and/or leave the reader with something to think about?
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Does your essay contain 3 vocabulary words?
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Does your essay contain transition words?
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Does your essay use formal language?
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Is your essay written in 3rd person objective point of view?
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Did you use a spelling and grammar checker like grammarly or paperrater?
