An overall thesis should also be offered. For an evaluation essay, this thesis is the overall evaluation of whatever is being evaluated. Once again, if the criteria, judgments, and evidence are clear, the overall thesis should be as well. For example, if the restaurant meets most of the criteria laid out in the essay, the overall evaluation should be mostly positive, whereas if the most of the criteria isn’t met, the evaluation will be mostly negative.

Topic Selection

When selecting a topic for an evaluation essay, it is important to focus on a specific business, service, product, or policy. In other words, evaluate a specific class (English 1101 at Troy) rather than evaluating a range of similar classes (all Troy writing classes). It is also helpful to write about a topic that you have knowledge about, which will make it easier to establish the appropriate criteria, judgments, and evidence.