From http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/other/visuals.html

[a simpler format that I actually used follows after this long one]

                                         MAX     GIVEN
Subject Matter  
  Content correct?.......................10......
  Content appropriate?...................10...... 
  Content complete?......................10...... 

Writing Constraints
  Audience...............................10...... 
    Who they are
    What they know
    Why they will read
    How they will read
  Purpose................................10...... 
    To inform
    To persuade
  Occasion
    Format................................5......
    Formality.............................5......
    Politics and Ethics...................5......
    Process and Deadline..................5......

Writing Style
  Style
    Structure/Organization
      Document structure.................10......
      Sentence and para structure........10......
    Illustration
      Figs and tables #'d and captioned...5......
      Always referred to in text..........5......
    Language
      Precise.............................5......
        E.g. Appropr level of detail
      Concise.............................5......
        E.g. Complex wording buries ideas
      Clear...............................5......
        E.g. Anchor generalities in ex's
      Forthright..........................5......
      Familiar............................5......
      Fluid...............................5......
  Form
    Format 
      Typography..........................5......
      Layout..............................5......
    Mechanics 
      Grammar.............................5......
      Usage...............................5......
      Punctuation.........................5......
      Spelling............................5......

TOTAL...................................160......

PERCENT.................................100......



A simpler form:

PAPER                         MAX        EARNED

Content                        30
  correct
  appropriate
  complete
  references

Organization                   20
  overall
  sentences and paragraphs
  signposts for skim reader
  two audiences (investigator
    and instructors)

Format                         10
  layout
  typography

Language                       10
  voice
  precise
  clear
  concise
  forthright
  familiar
  fluid

Mechanics                      10 
  grammar
  usage
  punctuation
  spelling

Figures and Tables             10
  judiciousness
  each discussed in text

Appendix/es                    10
  judiciousness
  organization
  crossref'd from text

OVERALL COMMENTS: