Sentence Structure	Word Choice	Mechanics
* Your essay showed that you are capable of skillful and artful sentence constructions to effectively convey your ideas, and at the same time, sustain your reader’s interest. * Well-constructed sentences enhance the power of an essay by drawing attention to the central idea and reinforcing the relationships among the supporting ideas. You were able to do this extremely well!	* You used powerful, evocative words in such a skillful way that your essay is a joy to read. * Your successful use of a rich, broad range of words that have been carefully placed throughout your essay shows that you have diligently studied English words and how to use them. Congratulations!	* It is evident that you have a strong and effective use of punctuation that guides the reader through the text. * Your perfect punctuation, spelling, and capitalization makes your essay easy to understand and a delight to read.
* There were no errors in either sentence construction or grammar. * The way in which you constructed your sentences helped make your essay effective and easy to read. * The style and overall effect of your essay was helped by the way you put your sentences together.	* Your essay has powerful words that energized the writing. * You used a rich, broad range of words that have been carefully chosen and thoughtfully placed in your essay.	* You are good in spelling words. You correctly spelled difficult words. * You used correct capitalization in your essay. * Your correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation contribute to the clarity and power of your essay.
* There was good sentence variety that helped with the flow of your essay. * There were very minimal errors in either sentence construction or grammar. * The sentences you used in your essay are well-structured and relatively varied. * You were successful in using different sentence patterns. * You used well-structured and varied sentences in your essay.	* You used accurate, strong, and specific words. * Your vocabulary is striking and varied, yet it is still natural and not overdone. * You used descriptive words that evoke strong images.	* It is evident that you have control over capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. *You used basic capitalization correctly. *You used correct punctuations at the end of your sentences.
* You were mostly successful in using more sophisticated sentence patterns. * Your sentences are somewhat varied in structure, length, and beginnings. * Some of your sentences helped draw your reader’s attention to your central idea. * Your sentences have correct structure and are somewhat varied.	* You used specific, accurate language in your essay. * You mainly used familiar words and phrases in your essay. * You used fresh, vivid expressions in your essay. * The words you used made your essay engaging and interesting to read.	* Your spelling is correct, especially on simple words. * You spelled most common words correctly. * Errors in capitalization, punctuation, and spelling are not severe enough to distort meaning or cause confusion in your essay.
* You have good control over simple sentence structures, but you have little control over more complex sentences. Ex) * There is some variety in sentence structure, length, and beginnings; however, you sometimes fall into repetitive sentence patterns.	* You used highfalutin words in your essay, but most of them are not particularly effective in expressing your ideas. * The words you used are mostly correct, but they were mostly simple words. * The words you used are appropriate for the tone of your essay, but they do not particularly make your output engaging.	* Your errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation do not obscure the meaning of your sentence, but they distract your readers. * Your essay has occasional lapses in capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. * Your essay needs moderate editing for capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
* Your essay relies on simple sentences. * There are some awkward sentences that interfere with your essay’s central idea. Ex) * There are some repeated patterns of sentence structure, and length that may interfere with your essay’s overall impact.	* There are no descriptive words in your essay that evoke strong images. * You used familiar words in your essay, but they rarely capture the reader’s interest. Ex) * Your essay relies on simple and predictable vocabulary.	* You have some control over basic spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. * You end your sentences with the correct punctuation marks. However, you committed frequent errors in internal punctuation. * Some spelling errors in your essay distract your readers. * You misspelled common words.
* Your essay lacks brevity and clarity because of your sentences. * The sentence patterns you used in your essay are monotonous. * Some parts of your essay are difficult to follow or read because of awkward sentences.	* Some highfalutin words (or technical terms) are used inappropriately in your essay. Ex) * The words you used are quite ordinary and they lacked interest, precision and variety. * The words you used made your essay flat and uninteresting.	* Frequent spelling errors greatly impair the clarity and readability of your essay. * You have many errors in basic punctuations. * Your errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation interfere with the readability of your essay.
* Your sentences are confusing and rambling. * Your sentence structure obscures the central idea of your essay. * Your essay has a significant number of awkward, choppy, vague sentences.	* Your essay contains inappropriate word choices. * You used general, vague words that fail to express your ideas. * Your essay contains a significant number of unnecessary words that obscure the ideas of your paragraphs. Ex)	* You have little control over basic spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. * Your essay contains many internal and end-of-sentence punctuation errors. * Your capitalization is inconsistent and often incorrect. * Your essay needs substantial editing for capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
* Most of your sentences need to be reread several times in order to make sense of the writing. * Your sentences are incomplete and very awkward.	* Your essay has major errors in word choice. Ex. * You used an extremely limited range of words in your essay. * Most of the words that you used simply do not fit the topic of your essay. Ex.	* You have very limited control over basic spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. * Your essay needs extensive editing for capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
* Your essay is off-topic. Please consult your teacher so you will understand the assigned topic. The sentence fragments you wrote are difficult to understand. * The single sentence you wrote is incoherent. * The single paragraph you wrote is incoherent.	* Your essay is off-topic. Please consult your teacher so you will understand the assigned topic.	* Your essay is off-topic. Please consult your teacher so you will understand the assigned topic. * The sentence fragments you wrote are filled with misspelled words. * The single sentence you wrote is incoherent. * The single paragraph you wrote is incoherent.