COMPOSING/WRITTEN EXPRESSION 4 3 2 1 CONCLUSION Strong, effective conclusion, Good conclusion, which may Presents a weak conclusion Fails to draw conclusions which provides a call to action, restate the problem and or merely restates the Does not include a call to offers a solution, and/or recommends a strong thesis action includes a final appeal solution Reader is not left with an Takes a step beyond summary May only provide a summary overall impression of main arguments Leaves the reader with a strong impression FLOW Rhythmic flow resulting from Some rhythmic flow and Uneven rhythmic flow and No rhythmic flow and no purposeful sentence variety sentence variety limited sentence variety sentence variety Sentences incorporate Some sentences use Little subordination of ideas No subordination or subordination of ideas, and/or subordination of ideas, embedding modifiers effective embedding of and/or embedding modifiers modifiers WORD CHOICE Contains highly specific word Contains specific word Limited word choice, Lacks tone and voice, little choice, descriptive language, choice, descriptive language, descriptive language and or or no specific word choice, and selected information and selected information selected information descriptive language, and/or selected Appropriate, purposeful tone Evidence of tone Inconsistent tone information Evidence of writer’s voice Some evidence of writer’s Limited evidence of No evidence of writer’s voice writer’s voice voice
COMPOSING/WRITTEN EXPRESSION 4 3 2 1 CONCLUSION Strong, effective conclusion, which provides a call to action, offers a solution, and/or includes a final appeal Takes a step beyond summary Leaves the reader with a strong impression Good conclusion, which may restate the problem and recommends a strong solution May only provide a summary of main arguments Presents a weak conclusion or merely restates the thesis Reader is not left with an overall impression Fails to draw conclusions Does not include a call to action FLOW Rhythmic flow resulting from purposeful sentence variety Sentences incorporate subordination of ideas, and/or effective embedding of modifiers Some rhythmic flow and sentence variety Some sentences use subordination of ideas, and/or embedding modifiers Uneven rhythmic flow and limited sentence variety Little subordination of ideas No rhythmic flow and no sentence variety No subordination or embedding modifiers WORD CHOICE Contains highly specific word choice, descriptive language, and selected information Appropriate, purposeful tone Evidence of writer’s voice Contains specific word choice, descriptive language, and selected information Evidence of tone Some evidence of writer’s voice Limited word choice, descriptive language and or selected information Inconsistent tone Limited evidence of writer’s voice Lacks tone and voice, little or no specific word choice, descriptive language, and/or selected information No evidence of writer’s voice
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