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CRITERIA 4 3 2 1
E
The essay is
The essay The essay is The essay
focused, is focused focused on poorly
FOCUS/ purposeful,on the topic and addresses
and reflects
topic and includes few topic and
MAIN POINT original includes loosely related
includes
insight andrelevant ideas irrelevant
ideas ideas ideas
SUPPORT Persuasively
Supports Supports main Provides little
supports main
main point point with or no support
point with with some for the main
well-develope
developed underdevelope point.
d reasons reasons d reasons or
and/or and less examples.
examples. concrete
examples.
ORGANIZATIO Effectively OrganizesSome Little or no
N & FORMAT organizes ideas to organization of organization
ideas to build build an ideas to build of ideas to
 Paragraphs a logical, argument an argument: build an
 Transitions coherent argument, or
argument contains
fallacies in the
argument
LANGUAGE Effective and Appropriat Some use of Little or no
USE & STYLE creative use of e use of elements of use of
elements of elements of style elements of
 Sentence style to style style
structure enhance
 Word choice meaning
 Audience
recognition

CONVENTIONS Uses correct Uses Contains Many errors

grammar, correct frequent errors in grammar,
 Grammar spelling, and grammar, in grammar, spelling, and
 Spelling punctuation spelling, spelling, and punctuation,
 Punctuation throughout and punctuation. makes
with very few punctuatio reader’s
errors. n with few comprehensio
errors. n difficult.
TOTAL
POINTS ______
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