| Short Annotation | Long Annotation | Category | Value | Type |
| | | 1 | Negative |
| ??? | Incomprehensible text | Sense | 1 | Negative |
| Add Details | Expand your thought by expanding detail. | Content | 1 | Negative |
| Art | Article error | Grammar | 1 | Negative |
| Avoid It | Avoid it is, it will, it was etc. and there were, there is, etc. as these are considered empty phrases that do not further your prose. | mec | 1 | Negative |
| Capitalization | Capitalization error | Punctuation | 1 | Negative |
| Citation | Books movies, newspapers, magazines in bold or italics-parts of the whole are in quotation marks - first letter in each word is capitalized | Format | 1 | Negative |
| Conj/Trans | Conjunction/Transition error | Linking | 1 | Negative |
| Count/Non-Count | Count/non-count error | Grammar | 1 | Negative |
| Cut | Cut -- this text is not necessary | Sense | 1 | Negative |
| Detail | Excellent detail | Content | 1 | Positive |
| Development | Lacks Level 1-- lacks level one specificity that audiences need to see the item being discussed | Content | 1 | Negative |
| Excellent! | Excellent! Well done. | Content | 1 | Positive |
| Formatting | Formatting problem | Mechanics | 1 | Negative |
| Fragment | Sentence fragment | Grammar | 1 | Negative |
| Generalization | Generalization without support..this kind of statement must have a supporting quotation from an authority of some sort... | Content | 1 | Negative |
| Good! | Good! | Content | 1 | Positive |
| GoodGrammar | Well-constructed phrase or sentence | Grammar | 1 | Positive |
| GoodWordChoice | Good choice of vocabulary | Vocabulary | 1 | Positive |
| Indent | Indent first line of each paragraph by five spaces | Format | 1 | Negative |
| Intext citation | Remember to cite correctly:
An example: J. Brown in her article, "The Raven's Call," published in Time, states, "Nature mimics life" (33).
Note that the article's title is in quotation marks--the magazine's title is in italics.
The direct quotation starts and ends with a quotation mark, followed by the page number in parenthesis. The end punctuation follows the entire quotation. | Mec | 1 | Negative |
| MissingW | Missing word or words | Grammar | 1 | Negative |
| MLA | Incorrect MLA citation. Use the proper punctuation when citing direct and indirect quotations. Pay particular note to using "that." Doing so to indicate a quotation usually means you are not quoting exactly from the source but paraphrasing to a certain degree. Ex: Smith states that he was a loser (3).Smith states, "He was a loser" (3). (3 indicates page number) Another where the author is not stated in the sentence: Her discourse could be lifted from Little Women, the infamous tome of manners. "This images reinforces the idea that girls should mask their real selves and hide their true identity" (Johnson 36). Gender essay showing how to embed quotations (http://ol.scc.spokane.edu/jstrever/comp/Fall101online/gdraft.htm#ex1)If you use an ellipsis (...) to conclude a sentence, which indicates that text has been left out from the source, you must include a period | Mec | 1 | Negative |
| Modifier | Misplaced or dangling modifier | Grammar | 1 | Negative |
| Paragraphing | Paragraphing problem | Sense | 1 | Negative |
| Parallel | Parallel construction problem | Grammar | 1 | Negative |
| Preposition | Wrong or misused preposition | Grammar | 1 | Negative |
| Punctuation | Punctuation | Punctuation | 1 | Negative |
| Quote | Inaccurate quotation | Content | 1 | Negative |
| Repetition | Repetition of information or phrase | Style | 1 | Negative |
| S/VAgreement | Subject/verb agreement error | Grammar | 1 | Negative |
| Sentence | Well-constructed phrase or sentence--grammar that is unusual for this level of wirting | Mec | 1 | Positive |
| Sing/Plu | Singular/plural error | Grammar | 2 | Negative |
| Space | Missing space | Editing | 1 | Negative |
| Spl | Spelling | Spelling | 1 | Negative |
| Thesis | Thesis needs works: Thesis is unclear, or is the standard 3 point variety which lacks sophistication. | Org | 1 | Negative |
| Thesis g | Great thesis | Org | 1 | Positive |
| title | Weak or missing title. All work needs an effective title, giving the reader a hint as to what's to come | Org | 1 | Negative |
| Title W | Title works well | Organization | 1 | Positive |
| Transition | This transition works well | Organization | 1 | Positive |
| Vague | Vague reference | Sense | 1 | Negative |
| Verb tense | The tense of your verb does not match its antecedent. For example:"The pot of potatoes is boiling."Many people believe "is" should be "are" as the subject seems to be potatoes, but if you can remember the rule that the subject of the sentence can never be found in a prepositional phrase, what we have left is: "The pot is boiling." | Grammar | 1 | Negative |
| VForm | Verb form | Grammar | 1 | Negative |
| VTense | Verb tense | Grammar | 1 | Negative |
| WChoice | Poor word choice | Vocabulary | 1 | Negative |
| WForm | Word form | Morphology | 1 | Negative |
| Who not That | Use Who for people, not that | Mec | 1 | Negative |
| WOrder | Word order | Syntax | 1 | Negative |
| Yes! | Yes! I agree. | Content | 1 | Positive |