reserved for hifsa

correctly identifies Whelan’s thesis

has its own critical thesis (which evaluates Whelan’s essay, reflects essence of student essay) in the introduction

is well organized, with wellfocused paragraphs and appropriate transitional devices

thoroughly analyzes the author's argument, covering all specified elements

effectively evaluates the essay, recognizing and discussing strengths and weaknesses in the evidence and reasoning

develops paragraphs to adequately explain why the evidence is or is not persuasive, being careful to avoid unnecessary repetition

accurately cites quotations and gives paragraph reference, effectively blending the quote into the sentence or paragraph 

has very few grammatical and mechanical errors

Important: in your essay you must discuss as a minimum: 

• Whelan's examples (of problem drinkers on campus). These may be grouped since they are similar (don't do a separate paragraph for each one) 
• her example of what 18-year-olds CAN do (this could be seen as an analogy) 
• Christine (as an example of how alcohol education works)  
• the Harvard study 
• the sex education analogy 
• one other relevant piece of evidence