CEPA Rubric General Scoring for Topic/Idea Development Score 4 3 2 1 Rhetorical Terms Thesis about Suzuki’s Thesis about Suzuki’s Thesis about Suzuki’s No thesis/claim about speech is clearly expressed. speech is moderately clear. speech is expressed but not Suzuki’s speech. Thesis is clearly supported Thesis is moderately clear. Very little topic/idea with examples/analysis of supported with development, organization, Limited or weak topic/idea Suzuki’s rhetorical examples/analysis of and/or details. development, organization, technique. Suzuki’s rhetorical No awareness of audience and/or details. Rich topic/idea technique. and/or task Limited awareness of development Moderate topic/idea Few details audience and/or task. Careful and/or subtle development and Few if any are used Few details organization. organization. correctly in the essay. Little variety in language Effective/rich use of Adequate, relevant details. language Some variety in language
CEPA Rubric General Scoring for Topic/Idea Development Score 4 3 2 1 Rhetorical Terms Thesis about Suzuki’s speech is clearly expressed. Thesis is clearly supported with examples/analysis of Suzuki’s rhetorical technique. Rich topic/idea development Careful and/or subtle organization. Effective/rich use of language Thesis about Suzuki’s speech is moderately clear. Thesis is moderately supported with examples/analysis of Suzuki’s rhetorical technique. Moderate topic/idea development and organization. Adequate, relevant details. Some variety in language Thesis about Suzuki’s speech is expressed but not clear. Limited or weak topic/idea development, organization, and/or details. Limited awareness of audience and/or task. Few details Little variety in language No thesis/claim about Suzuki’s speech. Very little topic/idea development, organization, and/or details. No awareness of audience and/or task Few details Few if any are used correctly in the essay.