Persuasive Essay- Peer-Editing Checklist

Question YES NO Comments

Formatting
Did the essay have a Miller
Heading?
Did the essay’s title have the
same size font as the rest of the
essay?
Were all of the paragraphs
indented?
Were there quotation marks
around the citations? “Quote.”
or “Quote,”
Was the bibliography/works
cited properly formatted?
Content
Did the introduction have a
hook?
Did the introduction provide
relevant background
information?
Was the thesis sophisticated?
Did the thesis make an
argument?
Did the topic sentences contain
good transitions?
Were the topic sentences
reasons/facts/details that
supported the thesis?
Was the “CON” presented in the
second paragraph?
Did the supporting evidence in
all three body paragraphs
directly relate to the topic
sentence?
Were the elaborations directly
connected to the supporting
evidence?
Did the elaborations analyze
how the supporting evidence
connected to the topic
sentences?
Did the conclusion restate the
thesis or summarize the essay?
Did the conclusion encourage
or challenge the reader to take
action?
Was there a bibliography/works
cited page included, with at
least three sources?
Conventions
Were most of the words spelled
correctly?
Did all sentences begin with a
capital letter?
Did all sentences have the
appropriate end mark?
Language
Was persuasive language
used?
Was the language used
reflective of a 7th-grade level?
Overall comments: