Organization 

 50 points

• What is the most important organizational aspect of a paper?  - thesis.
• HOW does a good thesis/introduction organize the entire paper?
• HOW does a well-organized paper guide the reader from idea to idea?
• paragraphs - one topic - transitions - flow of sentences - short and long senteces.
• What else have we learned this semester that should be included in organization?   

Audience

 50 points

• How important is audience awareness to a definition paper?
• How/where should audience awareness be demonstrates?
• tone - style 
• What is the relationship of the paper to the audience? 
• awareness of relationship between argument and audience
• How many points should this be worth?  

Rhetorical Situation 

100 points

• What is the rhetorical situation of a definition paper (and what does it cover)?  
• strategies used
• argument - clarity/strength
• When should the rhetorical situation be first addressed?
• How many points should this be worth?  

Support

50 points

• What needs to be supported in a definition paper?
• everything
• What sort of support is relevant to a definition paper?
• laws, stats, scholarly source, not blogs, not wikipedia, never another student's paper
• How should support be organized?
• everywhere
• How many points should this be worth?