Anticipated the needs of your audience:

--Developed an effective introduction & conclusion
--Remembered that your audience is not familiar with the issue you chose to argue
--Demonstrated an awareness of earlier, relevant conversations in academic communities
--Summarized or described the debates as needed & provided essential background information

Articulated and developed a strong thesis:

--Made sure that your essay has an organizing principle
--Developed a clear and focused argument

Organized your argument effectively:

--Organized your paragraphs clearly & effectively
--Selected an overall "outline" structure that works with your thesis

Written balanced paragraphs that are fully developed & well-organized:

--Crafted effective, assertive topic sentences that introduce the paragraph
--These assertions should support, extend, complicate and develop your thesis
--Balanced evidence & analysis
--Used specifics examples, etc. as evidence to support, to explain & to extend your assertions
--Used well-integrated, and properly cited quotations from the text(s) as evidence
--Explained how this evidence supports your points; i.e., explained your reasoning

Employed a convincing & appropriate set of rhetorical strategies given your rhetorical situation:

--Remembered that your academic audience expects reliance on appeals to logos
--Constructed a credible persona through tone, diction, treatment of the issue & writing style
--Anticipated the concerns & issues of the opposition & dealt with them sufficiently.
--Written a convincing argument that can be taken seriously by your audience.

Demonstrated the ability to do library research & incorporate sources in an argument:

--Employed an appropriate mix of types of sources in your 5 outside sources
--Effectively framed, incorporated & cited quotations & paraphrase per MLA style
--Attached a correct and complete Works Cited page.

Become conscious of distracting patterns of writing errors & corrected them!

--Constructed complete sentences; Avoided awkward constructions; Used the active voice
--Employed correct punctuation; Employed correct grammar; Varied sentence type

In addition to the above, this B paper shows:

--A clearer sense of the needs of readers in the academic discourse community
--A logical organization that goes beyond the list approach
--A more convincing argument that treats the issue sensitively & completely
--Thorough research investigating & supporting your issue/argument
--Expression on the sentence level that is not only clear but fluent
--Generally correct attempts to meet documentation/citation requirements

In addition to the above, this A paper shows:

--An outstanding anticipation of the needs of readers in the academic discourse community
--A fully integrated, developed and persuasive argument
--A strong conclusion or discussion that helps the reader understand why this topic matters
--Mastery of documentation requirements
--Sentence level style that is not only correct & fluent, but that makes the essay more persuasive

This D paper has one or more of the following serious problems:

--Lack of awareness of the needs & expectations of readers in the academic community
--Failure to develop an argument about a local Southwestern issue
--Inconsistent or confusing pattern of organization
--Confusing or inadequate evidence, examples, logic or other rhetorical strategies
--Insufficient research (5 texts); Confusion over documentation requirements
--Confusing or awkward expression on the sentence level
--Distracting patterns of error