Your introduction does a good job of introducing the debate’s context, the debate, as well as the authors involved in the debate.
Your thesis clearly states what your overall evaluation is as well as the reasons supporting it.
Your organization does an effective job of focusing on and developing your evaluative points, in a clear, critical and supported fashion.
Your critique does a good job of summarizing your author’s argument.
Your essay presents compelling, credible textual evidence supporting your claims about your author’s argument.
Your essay demonstrates evidence of serious effort and critical thought about your paper’s topic as well as your stylistic approach to that topic.