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Essential question is used or restated as a main idea for the essay.
Is prompt restated into a topic sentence?
Does each detail support, or tell more about the topic?
Do linking words, or transition words, connect details so that the paragraph reads smoothly?
Does each paragraph have a concluding sentence
Does the writer use vocabulary appropriate to the paragraph?
Does the conclusion restate the topic in a new way to tie the details together?
Does the paper indicate that the writer has control of the rules of spelling, grammar and mechanics