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Check Your Essay Outline Against the Marking Criteria and List the Gaps

Compare your own essay outline with the marking criteria your teacher gave you. Get a table of covered, thin and missing criteria with questions to close each gap. The assistant writes no part of the essay.

By Genius ForgesUpdated Oct 24, 2026

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Compare my essay outline with my marking criteria and list the gaps. Do not write any part of the essay: no sentences, topic sentences, paragraphs, thesis wording, examples or sources.
Essay question: {{essay_question}}. My outline: {{my_outline}}. Marking criteria exactly as my teacher gave them: {{marking_criteria}}.
Treat the criteria text as the only standard. Do not add requirements from general essay advice. If something is missing or unclear, such as mark weightings or word count, ask me first.
Return a table: Criterion (quoted) | Where my outline addresses it (quote my outline's words) | Status (covered, thin, missing or unclear) | One question I should answer to close the gap. Then list any parts of my outline that no criterion rewards. Then name the three gaps most likely to matter, and say you are unsure if weightings were not supplied. Never tell me what to argue. Mark each judgement call as a guess. I will follow my school's rules on AI help.

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Example inputs: Question: To what extent did the railways change life in Victorian Britain? Outline: three bullet points; criteria: clear argument, use of evidence, considers other views. Illustrative example; not tested on the listed platform. | "Considers other views" | no outline line mentions another view | missing | Which view could a reader hold, and where in your plan would you deal with it? | | "Use of evidence" | "Bullet 2: freight and food prices" | thin | What specific evidence will you use, and where will you find it? | Not rewarded by any criterion: your bullet on the history of steam engines. Weightings were not supplied, so ranking the gaps is a guess.

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Check the result: 1. Each "covered" status is backed by words you can find in your own outline. 2. The questions point to gaps without telling you what to argue. 3. No criterion appears that is missing from your teacher's text. Example output is illustrative; independently verify calculations, dates, quotations and actions relevant to your task.

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Illustrative example · 2026-10-25

Distinct practical task selected after the library gap review; no measured breakout-query claim. Compatibility checked from provider documentation; no cross-platform benchmark or ranking claim.

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