All Classes--Rubric for MLA-Formatted Documents, Incuding Notes on Rhetorical Terms and Literary Rhetoric. Check your document to find the mistakes. You will learn better this way. Use this rubric as a guide for all assignments. Copy and paste this rubric into a Word document. Then print it out and place it in your binder. Also check the Rubrics tab at the top of the website. You will find several helpful rubrics there as well.

Rubric for "Notes on Rhetoric" Assignment

Errors in the following list result in a lower grade on this assignment. The more mistakes you made, the lower your grade. (Remember--Keep an original copy of all your assignments. Also remember to record every grade: points you earned out of total possible points.) I have chosen to not capitalize or end punctuate the list below, as some of the items are phrases--this is for consistency. (Some entries may be repeated because I read all submissions and may have repeated a comment.)

Copy and paste this post into a Word document and keep it in your binder. Refer to this rubric in the future before you turn in your work.

• header is wrong font (top right)
• should be no extra 1/2 space in the heading (top left--four lines)
• label examples, i.e. "Example:"
• commas go inside quotation marks
• problems with indentations; examples should align all left--even turnovers
• too much space in header--between last name and page number; should be one space
• comma after "ENC1101" in heading; not period
  
• capitalize sentence examples
• capitalize "ENC"
• need period after "etc."
• need Period after class in heading
• missing header
• title incorrect; for example "Rhetoric Term"; should be Rhetorical Terms or Literary Rhetoric Terms
• title too large font or bold; all text should be 12 point font
• list should be numbered
• use correct size font throughout
• make sure double space throughout; no extra 1/2 line space
• too much space between the number in the list and the term; should be just one space
• capitalize sentences in examples
• add citations to your examples; if all examples were created by you, add a line at the top of paper stating this fact
• try to have examples for each item; if not, write that you couldn't find or think of an example
• ital. names of novels: for example, To Kill a Mockingbird
• space between Period and the number in heading--for example "Pd2" is incorrect
• titles of assignments should be centered on the page
• label examples and place on another line from definition
• no space between hyphenated words
• magazines should be in italics--for example, Time
• space between "Mr." and "Mulhern"
  
• comma between class in heading and the period you are in
• plays are in italics--for example, Romeo and Juliet
• watch occasional extra space between entries
• must have centered title for the assignment
• space between period and parenthesis--for example, do not do this: "topic.("
• "Oxford" should be capitalized
• date format in heading--"19 October 2021"--no commas, no "th" after number
• do not include blank page at end of document with simply a header
• no extra space between heading and title
• essays should be in quotes, not ital, not underline--for example, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me"
• Historical documents are not underlined or italicized. For example, should simply be The Declaration of Independence
• periods after both "U" and "S" in "U.S."
• should be space between ellipses points
• entire document should be double spaced, including the heading
• should be space between title and entries
• should be no colon after title of the document
• should be "Citation," not "Cite"
• should be no period after a quote that ends with a question mark; the question mark is enough
• should not be heading on every page
• should be space before parenthesis
• should not be "EX"; instead should be "Ex."
• watch random extra spacing
• watch random highlighting
• should be space between number and term
• following pages should not be "[Last Name]
• should not be missing several entries and examples
• need citations
• submission must be a Word document, MLA format; no photographs or handwritten
• should not say "Page" in place of name in header
• header should be top right, not left
• watch capitalization and punctuation throughout
• play titles should be in italics; example: Macbeth
• should be space between last name and page number in header
• header should not be on same line as first line of heading; the header should be above the heading on right 
• fonts and sizes should be consistent throughout the document
• titles of speeches should be within quotation marks
• should be 12-point font throughout
• must have heading, header, and title
• watch alignment of text; should not be centered; align left with one-inch margins on both sides
• cap. "H" in "Honors" in heading
• no extra space between entries; should be all double spaced only
• make sure title is correct; do not mislabel
• do not use informal word "stuff" in a paper
• heading should align left--same as entries beneath
• make sure font is consistent throughout the document
• header should align left with text in body of text
• in citations, cap. names of websites
• numbers should be the same font as the text
• should be no extra 1/2 line space between entries
• ENC should be all caps; also close up space in course name; for example: ENC1101
• make sure you capitalize appropriately; watch grammar errors
• make sure you have a centered title
• avoid strange paginations; sometimes a new page would start halfway down
• look at sample pages of an MLA paper to see how quotes and citations are punctuated--where the end-of-line punctuation should be

Link to Another MLA Checklist: https://writingcommons.org/article/mla-checklist/.

You can also google "MLA Checklist" yourself to find plenty of guidance.