fuel for the body of Thesis is substantial Thesis has no the essay enough to provide relation to the fuel for the required argument length of the essay structure Thesis is present but inadequate for the required length of the essay Argument ____/5 Content and 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- Details Essay is Essay is Essay relies heavily Essay goes beyond Analysis shows Analysis and depth unrelated to the shallow and on summary summary control and emerging exceeds expectations thesis basic sophistication May Includes one or Provides analysis and Details are through, Most of the Essay focuses two arguments that specific claims Provides in-depth advanced, and essay is plot on surface are undeveloped analysis and specific sophisticated summary details only claims No evidence of Argument is argument extremely weak and mostly irrelevant. ____/5 Idea 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- Development Ideas are Ideas are Ideas show emerging Ideas are reasonably Ideas are mostly Ideas delve beneath entirely fact mostly fact sophistication but may sophisticated and sophisticated and the surface to say based, with no based, with lapse in logical there is evidence of logically developed. something new, interpretation very little development logical development interesting, and interpretation Ideas flow naturally original Readers are Readers require some Readers require little from one to the next. unable to Readers effort to follow ideas effort to follow the Ideas flow with follow ideas require ideas Readers require no purpose considerable Idea based topic effort to follow the Topic effort to follow sentences are present Most in topic ideas sentences are ideas but may not directly sentences relate to a absent relate to a thesis thesis point All ideas in topic Character or argument sentences relate to a plot based thesis point
Thesis has no relation to the argument structure Thesis is present but inadequate for the required length of the essay fuel for the body of the essay Thesis is substantial enough to provide fuel for the required length of the essay Argument Content and Details 0- Essay is unrelated to the thesis Most of the essay is plot summary No evidence of argument 1- Essay is shallow and basic Essay focuses on surface details only Argument is extremely weak and mostly irrelevant. 2- Essay relies heavily on summary May Includes one or two arguments that are undeveloped 3- Essay goes beyond summary Provides analysis and specific claims 4- Analysis shows control and emerging sophistication Provides in-depth analysis and specific claims 5- Analysis and depth exceeds expectations Details are through, advanced, and sophisticated ____/5 Idea Development 0- Ideas are entirely fact based, with no interpretation Readers are unable to follow ideas Topic sentences are absent 1- Ideas are mostly fact based, with very little interpretation Readers require considerable effort to follow ideas Character or plot based 2- Ideas show emerging sophistication but may lapse in logical development Readers require some effort to follow ideas Idea based topic sentences are present but may not directly relate to a thesis argument 3- Ideas are reasonably sophisticated and there is evidence of logical development Readers require little effort to follow the ideas Most in topic sentences relate to a thesis point 4- Ideas are mostly sophisticated and logically developed. Ideas flow naturally from one to the next. Readers require no effort to follow the ideas All ideas in topic sentences relate to a thesis point 5- Ideas delve beneath the surface to say something new, interesting, and original Ideas flow with purpose ____/5