Rubric for the Topic sentences and transitions in paragraphs exercise This exercise is very focused, so this rubric

simply describes what a good example of this exercise will do:

Topic sentence: There is a single main idea in the paragraph, and this idea is clearly declared in the topic sentence. The topic sentence is typed in bold characters. Transitions: the kinds of transitions words identified in the Indiana University guidelines are used correctly, and appear in ALL CAP . !The guideline is at http"##www.indiana.edu#$wts#pamphlets#paragraphs.shtml%. Grammar: grammar is correct throughout