Q. Does the essay show that you are attentive to the details of the text(s), and have your own ideas and perceptions about the text(s) which you are developing?
Q. Although the points you are making in the essay may well be informed by material from lectures/secondary reading, do they originate primarily from your own reading and critical response to the text(s) being studied?
Q. Have you tried to avoid the uncritical reproduction of lecture/seminar notes and secondary source material?
