Revision Rubric
Use the following rubric to understand my comments on your work. Each numbered item has a brief
explanation that follows, and it is your responsibility to determine what the comment means in the
context of your assignment and how to fix it.
1. Significance? You need to offer an interpretation or a comment on why you find this point
meaningful
2. Implications? You must indicate what you think the author is suggesting
3. Vague Your point is too general, and therefore must include detail
4. Not quite/necessarily/really You have misunderstood this point or are creating a false dichotomy
(presenting only two choices when three or more apply)
5. ?/??? You are a little off here/I don’t know what you mean
6. ww/sp You have made an error in diction or spelling
7. awk. You have created a clumsy construction, and this obscures the meaning of the sentence
8. missing punctuation You need to determine what punctuation mark you have left out
9. Clarify/Specify You have the beginning of a good idea, but must elaborate through detail or
qualifiers
10. For example? Your claim needs evidence to be more convincing; it seems unsubstantiated
11. Omit You don’t need this word/phrase/sentence
12. Inverted order You must reverse the order of these words/phrases
13. Summary You must offer some explanation, analysis or an interpretation
14. Inaccurate detail The text does not support this point
15. Evidence/based on? Your claim is clear, but I do not understand how you arrived at this
conclusion
16. One paragraph=one idea You must develop only one idea in a paragraph
17. Context? You must offer some background for the reader to understand what you’re saying and
where you are going in the paragraph
18. Analysis? You must look more carefully at the language, imagery or ideas in this quotation
19. Capitalize/make lowercase You have wrongly used a lowercase or capital letter
20. Transition? Your ideas must lead into one another more smoothly, creating a cohesiveness to
your essay