IDEAS, ORGANIZATION, WORD CHOICE, VOICE, SENTENCE FLUENCY, CONVENTIONS

THE MAIN POINT OR STORY LINE

AWARENESS OF DETAIL, CLARITY, FOCUS, SENSE OF PURPOSE

THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE PIECE

BEGINNING, MIDDLE, ENDING GOOD SENSE OF SEQUENCE

EVIDENCE OF THE WRITER BEHIND THE MESSAGE

ENTHUSIASM FOR WRITING, EVOKES EMOTIONAL RESPONSE

EVIDENCE OF PRECISION IN THE USE OF WORDS

AWARENESS OF LANGUAGE, STRETCHING TO USE NEW WORDS

THE RYTHM AND DLOW OF THE LANGUAGE, HOW IT PLAYS TO THE EAR

SENTENCE SENSE, A VARIETY OF SENTENCE LENGTHS

THE MECHANICAL CORRECTNESS OF THE PIECE.

AWARENESS OF WRITING CONVENTIONS SUCH AS SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION