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CRITERIA
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4
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3
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2
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1
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SCORE
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FOCUS/
MAIN POINT
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The essay is focused, purposeful, and reflects original insight and ideas
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The essay is focused on the topic and includes relevant ideas
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The essay is focused on topic and includes few loosely related ideas
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The essay poorly addresses topic and includes irrelevant ideas
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SUPPORT
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Persuasively supports main point with well-developed reasons and/or examples.
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Supports main point with developed reasons and less concrete examples.
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Supports main point with some underdeveloped reasons or examples.
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Provides little or no support for the main point.
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ORGANIZATION & FORMAT
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Effectively organizes ideas to build a logical, coherent argument
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Organizes ideas to build an argument
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Some organization of ideas to build an argument:
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Little or no organization of ideas to build an argument, or contains fallacies in the argument
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LANGUAGE USE & STYLE
- Sentence structure
- Word choice
- Audience recognition
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Effective and creative use of elements of style to enhance meaning
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Appropriate use of elements of style
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Some use of elements of style
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Little or no use of elements of style
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CONVENTIONS
- Grammar
- Spelling
- Punctuation
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Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation throughout with very few errors.
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Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with few errors.
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Contains frequent errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
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Many errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation, makes reader’s comprehension difficult.
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