Evaluation Guidelines and Annotations

Here is an example of a story evaluation and some guidelines for writing an evaluation paper.

Click each guideline to see how it works in the example essay.

A story evaluation
¥	includes the author and title of the story
¥	gives a brief summary of the story
¥	introduces the paper's main idea (overall evaluation)
¥	evaluates one or more story elements
¥	uses details to make each evaluation convincing

Annotations

¥	The writer includes the author and title of the story.  
¥	The writer gives a brief summary of the story. Readers know that the story is 	about Squeaky, a runner, and her brother Raymond.
¥	The writer evaluates the story elements. The story has real characters, a serious 	theme, and suspense.
¥	Details support each evaluation. These details are from the story.
¥	The writer draws a conclusion, based on evaluation of the elements. Readers learn 	that the book is good enough to read a second time.