awkward way. Based on your reading, you draw relevant, if familiar, conclusions. The instructor feels that she has read many different versions of this same argument before, and it may feel tired or cliché. But it is nevertheless a coherent argument essay that draws on and integrates source material. Paper exercises Your essay shows Your essay shows You have developed a You have developed methods of little development of some development strong thesis or claim a strong and original development your thesis or claim of your thesis or based on a thorough thesis or claim and support. based on an claim based on an evaluation and clear based on a thorough evaluation and evaluation and synthesis of primary and evaluation and clear synthesis of primary synthesis of secondary sources. You synthesis of primary and secondary primary and have developed and and secondary sources. Either your secondary sources. supported your thesis with sources. You have thesis is weak or your However, the a balanced presentation of thoroughly thesis is not development is evidence. When called for, developed and supported. The either you have correctly used supported your development is weak strong places paraphrase, summary and thesis with a and unconvincing. and some weak quotations to support your balanced and You make few ones—or else it is a points. You make it clear insightful attempts to develop little cursory and to your reader which ideas presentation of and support your unconvincing are your own and which evidence. When thesis by presenting throughout. You are the ideas of others; the called for, you have evidence; there may attempt to develop result is a convincing effectively and be some bias, and support your conversation with relevant correctly used imbalance or thesis by points of view. paraphrase, incomplete presenting summary and
awkward way. Based on your reading, you draw relevant, if familiar, conclusions. The instructor feels that she has read many different versions of this same argument before, and it may feel tired or cliché. But it is nevertheless a coherent argument essay that draws on and integrates source material. Paper exercises methods of development and support. Your essay shows little development of your thesis or claim based on an evaluation and synthesis of primary and secondary sources. Either your thesis is weak or your thesis is not supported. The development is weak and unconvincing. You make few attempts to develop and support your thesis by presenting evidence; there may be some bias, imbalance or incomplete Your essay shows some development of your thesis or claim based on an evaluation and synthesis of primary and secondary sources. However, the development is either strong places and some weak ones—or else it is a little cursory and unconvincing throughout. You attempt to develop and support your thesis by presenting You have developed a strong thesis or claim based on a thorough evaluation and clear synthesis of primary and secondary sources. You have developed and supported your thesis with a balanced presentation of evidence. When called for, you have correctly used paraphrase, summary and quotations to support your points. You make it clear to your reader which ideas are your own and which are the ideas of others; the result is a convincing conversation with relevant points of view. You have developed a strong and original thesis or claim based on a thorough evaluation and clear synthesis of primary and secondary sources. You have thoroughly developed and supported your thesis with a balanced and insightful presentation of evidence. When called for, you have effectively and correctly used paraphrase, summary and
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