4.  What other methods might have been used to advantage in
     presenting this subject?

 5.  Is the article predominantly narrative, descriptive, or expository?

 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?

 8.  What type of beginning is used?

 9.  Is the type of beginning well adapted to the subject and the
     material?

10.  Would the beginning attract the attention and hold the interest
     of the average reader?

11.  Is the beginning an integral part of the article?

12.  Is the length of the beginning proportionate to the length of
     the whole article?

13.  Is the beginning skillfully connected with the body of the article?

VI.  STYLE

 1.  Is the article easy to read?  Why?

 2.  Is the diction literary or colloquial, specific or general, original
     or trite, connotative or denotative?

 3.  Are figures of speech used effectively?

 4.  Do the sentences yield their meaning easily when read rapidly?

 5.  Is there variety in sentence length and structure?

 6.  Are important ideas placed at the beginning of sentences?

 7.  Are the paragraphs long or short?

 8.  Are they well-organized units?

 9.  Do the paragraphs begin with important ideas?

10.  Is there variety in paragraph beginnings?

11.  Is the tone well suited to the subject?

12.  Do the words, figures of speech, sentences, and paragraphs
     in this article suggest to you possible means of improving
     your own style?

VII.  TITLES AND HEADLINES

 1.  Is the title attractive, accurate, concise, and concrete?

 2.  To what type does it conform?

 3.  What is the character of the sub-title, and what relation
     does it bear to the title?