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Tutor’s comments

Part 3

Is your referencing complete and accurate?

Part 1

Have you evaluated the required number of sources?

Have you included all the sources in your evaluation in your list?

Is it clear how you have identified your sources as reliable and appropriate for academic use? Have you considered a number of aspects eg. currency, authority, etc?

Are your sources all clearly relevant to your topic?

Have you explained the key points or identified useful data from each source? Have you explained points in your own words?

Have you noted how you will use the source in your essay? Will it support a point / provide data / offer a counter-argument?

Have you identified the relationship between the information you have read? Do articles support an argument presented in another source? Provide additional information? Offer an alternative view?

Part 2

Have you included all your sources in part 2 in your outline?

Is your introduction clear? Have you included: the background /context for your essay? An overview of the essay structure?

Is your position clear?

Does your position relate to the main body of the essay? Do all your points relate to your position?

Is the development of your argument logical throughout your outline? Do any paragraphs seem repetitive / irrelevant or out of place?

For each paragraph

Is it clear how each paragraph develops your argument?

Does each paragraph focus and develop one key point?

Is the topic sentence clear?

Do the supporting points develop the topic sentence?

Is there clear evidence / data to support your points?

Are citations included for the support you will use?

Have you used more than one source for each paragraph?

Conclusion

Does your conclusion effectively answer your question?