Q. Does your essay pay sufficient detail to specific features of the text(s) in discussing them?
Q. Where there is close reference to the text(s), is it relevant to the essay question being asked?
Q. Are the critical points which you are making in the essay supported by direct reference to specific parts or features of the text(s) you are writing about (rather than being generalisations which are not backed up by textual evidence)?
Q. Where you have quoted from the primary text(s) you are writing about, have you made sure that the material chosen relates to the critical point you are making?
Q. Have you tried to engage with material quoted from the text(s) (i.e. provided some kind of commentary on it)?
