Paper Evaluation

• 100 points possible; 30% of final grade

• +50/100 – Content and writing style
• +25/100 – Paper mechanics
• +15/100 – Footnote citations
• +10/100 – Bibliography entries
• Paper Due: Tuesday, Dec. 8, 9:00 pm
 Construction of Paper
• I. Introduction – 3/4 – full first page
• II. Main body of paper
• III. Conclusion
• IV. Bibliography
• Number of pages required: 5-6
•Number of sources: 3 minimum
 Content and Writing style: +50/100
•Coherent discussion of topic
•Complete sentences
•Thesis statement—needs to appear on p. 1 (should
appear at the end of the Introduction)
• “In this paper, I will discuss [explain, examine] . . .”
•Proper paragraph structure
•Citations inserted where needed
 Paper Mechanics: +25/100
•Grammar
•Spelling
•Punctuation
•Page numbers: 5–6 pp. (insert at top of right margin or
bottom center of each page)
•1”margins
•Times New Roman, 12-point font
•Double space text
 Footnotes: +15/100
• When footnotes are needed: using information that is not
common knowledge (e.g., the year J. S. Bach was born)
• Paraphrased material must be cited
• Quotations must be cited
• Introduction and Conclusion may or may not have material that
needs to be cited
• Indent only the first line of each footnote
• Single space each footnote note
• Double space between each footnote
 Example of a Block Quotation
Turabian, p. 361
Jackson begins by evoking the importance of home:
Housing is an outward expression of the inner human nature; no
society can be fully understood apart from the residences of its
members. A nineteenth-century melody declares, “There’s no place
like home,” and even though she had Emerald City at her feet,
Dorothy could think of no place she would rather be than at home in
Kansas. Our homes are our havens from the world.1
 Bibliography: +10/100
• Three sources minimum
• Alphabetize the sources according to the author’s last name
(if more than one author, go by the first name given)
• Single-space each entry
• Double space between each entry
• Indent all lines of each entry except the first line