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Level of Content Shows some thinking and Content indicates thinking and Content indicates original Content indicates synthesis of ideas, in-
reasoning but most ideas are reasoning applied with thinking and develops ideas depth analysis and evidences original
underdeveloped and original thought on a few with sufficient and firm thought and support for the topic.
unoriginal. ideas. evidence.
Development Main points lack detailed Main points are present Main points well developed Main points well developed with high
development. Ideas are with limited detail and with quality supporting details quality and quantity support. Reveals
vague with little evidence of development. Some critical and quantity. Critical high degree of critical thinking.
critical thinking. thinking is present. thinking is weaved into points
Grammar & Spelling, punctuation, and Most spelling, punctuation, Essay has few spelling, Essay is free of distracting spelling,
Mechanics grammatical errors create and grammar correct allowing punctuation, and grammatical punctuation, and grammatical errors;
distraction, making reading reader to progress though errors allowing reader to absent of fragments, comma splices, and
difficult; fragments, comma essay. Some errors remain. follow ideas clearly. Very few run-ons.
splices, run-ons evident. fragments or run-ons.
Errors are frequent.
Style Mostly in elementary form Approaches college level Attains college level style; Shows outstanding style going beyond
with little or no variety in usage of some variety in tone is appropriate and usual college level; rhetorical devices
sentence structure, diction, sentence patterns, diction, and rhetorical devices used to and tone used effectively; creative use
rhetorical devices or rhetorical devices. enhance content; sentence of sentence structure and coordination
emphasis. variety used effectively.
Format Fails to follow format and Meets format and assignment Meets format and assignment Meets all formal and assignment
assignment requirements; requirements; generally requirements; margins, requirements and evidences attention to
incorrect margins, spacing correct margins, spacing, and spacing, and indentations are detail; all margins, spacing and
and indentation; neatness of indentations; essay is neat but correct; essay is neat and indentations are correct; essay is neat
essay needs attention. may have some assembly correctly assembled. and correctly assembled with
errors. professional look.