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Excellent |
Competent |
Needs Work |
Major Flaws |
Comments |
Thesis |
Main claim is clear, arguable &
ambitious.
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Main claim is clear and arguable.
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Main claim is too general or predictable.
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Main claim is
unclear or absent.
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| Purposeful Organization |
Coherent throughout. Clear intro., middle,
& ending sections.
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Generally coherent, but some inconsistencies.
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Some incoherence.
Some ideas are not connected.
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Confusing. Little or no logic to the arrangement.
Incoherent.
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| Supporting Evidence and
information
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Relevant, accurate, & substantial.
If required, sources are integrated effectively.
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Generally relevant and accurate. If required,
sources are integrated adequately.
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Inadequate and sometimes inaccurate. If
required, sources are not well integrated.
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Superficial,
irrelevant and/or
not
specific. There is little attempt to integrate sources.
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| Reasoning/
Thinking
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Persuasive. Often
insightful, and consistent with the evidence presented.
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Adequate and generally
consistent with the evidence presented.
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Less than adequate,
and inconsistent with the evidence presented.
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Inadequate, and
inconsistent with
the evidence.
Confusing overall.
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| Response to
Assignment |
Thorough and
goes beyond the expected.
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Adequate and does
what is expected.
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Incomplete. Some
parts are
superficial.
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Overall incomplete
and superficial.
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| Representations of other
views/
Perspectives |
Consistently accurate
&
respectful.
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Accurate &
respectful most of the time.
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Accurate and respectful
some of the time.
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Inaccurate or disrespectful
or
absent.
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| Style, tone, and
Word choice
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Sentence form varies
with pur-
pose. Tone &
word choice are effective.
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Some variety of
sentence forms. Tone and word choice are
appropriate.
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Little sentence
variety. Tone is inconsistent, or
word choice is imprecise.
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No sentence variety.
Tone is inconsistent. Word choice is
inappropriate.
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| Conventions |
Well edited and
formatted. Very few minor errors.
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Overall well edi-ted
& formatted. Some errors.
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More editing necessary.
Errors are distracting.
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Much editing needed.
Major errors present.
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