6. To what extent are narration and description used for expository
purposes?

7. Are concrete examples and specific instances employed
effectively?

8. By what means are the narrative passages made interesting?

9. Do the descriptive parts of the article portray the impressions
vividly?


V. STRUCTURE

1. What main topics are taken up in the article?

2. Could any parts of the article be omitted without serious
loss?

3. Could the parts be rearranged with gain in clearness, interest,
or progress?

4. Does the article march on steadily from beginning to end?

5. Is the material so arranged that the average reader will
reach the conclusion that the writer intended to have him reach?

6. Is there variety in the methods of presentation?

7. Is the length of the article proportionate to the subject?