Complete the Essay Self-Evaluation of Your Two-Storey Thesis Below.

Taking Measure

Please complete this self-evaluation of the two-storey thesis you wrote in Chapter 7.

Each question requires a “Yes” or “No” answer. For each “Yes” response, give yourself one point. Your final score will be a mark out of eleven (eg.: ten “Yes” responses = 10/11).

 

Components

Did you narrow your approach from the general prompt to a specific, concrete focus?

Y/N

Did you identify two specific pieces of evidence?

Y/N

Did you concentrate in both storeys on your central document and its concrete elements?

Y/N

 

First Storey: Evidence/Observations

Is the first piece of evidence something you can literally point to in the document?

Y/N

Is the second piece of evidence something you can literally point to in the document?

Y/N

Does each piece of evidence add something new?

Y/N

 

Second Storey: Argument

Have you provided a specific interpretation of the concrete evidence in your first storey?

Y/N

Are you still concentrating on the evidence itself, instead of overlooking it in favour of a more general discussion?

Y/N

Is your argument controversial? Is it possible for the reader to disagree with it?

Y/N

 

Style

Did you avoid the use of first- or second-person pronouns? (I, we, us, our, etc.)

Y/N

Did you avoid words from the Ctrl-F list? (society, technology, people, etc.)

Y/N