Introduction

• Underline the thesis
• Does it have all of the four parts (topic, argument, subtopics, and what's the point)?
• Is the introduction the right length for the paper?
• Is there a title and does it fit the paper?
• Does the thesis use some sort of keyword that alerts you to the fact that feminist criticism will be done in this essay?
• Does the author make an argument about what gender identity does in the story (i.e. not just explaining that the characters have gender)?

Body Paragraphs

• How many body paragraphs are there?
• Underline each of the topic and concluding sentences.
• Do the topic and concluding sentences relate directly back to the subtopics that were expressed in the thesis?
• Do the body paragraphs deviate from the plan laid out by the thesis either through the addition of other subtopics or the subtraction of existing subtopics?
• How has the writer organized the body paragraphs (i.e. what about them makes not be just one long paragraph)?

Conclusion

• Is there a conclusion paragraph?
• Does it restate the thesis with a difference in the first sentence?
• Does the last sentence take the topic out a broader level?
• Is the conclusion the right length?

In General

• Is the paper totally in the right format?
• Is the paper the right length (some on the third page)?
• Does the paper make a convincing argument?
• Are there some parts of the paper that seem unnecessary?
• Are there some things that the paper ought to have addressed?
• Does the writer stay well-focused on gender identity?
• Does the writer clearly communicate that gender is being constructed and not simply an unalterable fact in the work?
• Does the writer follow my essay advice?