DIRECTIONS FOR DUE DATE: Put an MLA heading on your paper. Be sure to place your last names in the corner. Put the title—Précis Writing and Paraphrasing: The Title of Your Article—in the center. Place each rhetorical précis statement in alphabetical order under the centered subheading of Rhetorical Précis: Your Last Name. After you have placed each individual rhetorical précis, you must then piece together your paraphrase of the article in the same order of the article. The last page must be a Works Cited with the article citation. It must also be paginated in the same fashion as your document. Your entire document must be done in MLA. Individual Rhetorical Précis Rubric Content The Good (8-10) The Bad (7-5) The Ugly (4-0) Your Verdict Rhetorical A clear, thorough, A terse thesis that A sophomoric professional, and only partially thesis that either Précis Sentence 1 thesis that asserts the premise misidentifies the contains all required of the article. There argument or is elements. may be missing lacking required elements. elements. Rhetorical A clear and detailed A decent attempt at A cursory Précis sentence that fully identifying the explanation that can Sentence 2 supports the thesis. The evidence the author be found in the author has clearly read uses to support his abstract. There is and understood the or her thesis. little evidence of article. having read the article. Rhetorical A clear understanding An adequate You know nothing, Précis of the purpose of the understanding of John Snow. Sentence 3 article and how its the purpose of the evidence supports the article and how its thesis. evidence supports the thesis. Rhetorical A cohesive sentence A general The sentence that demonstrates an understanding of misidentifies the Précis Sentence 4 understanding of the audience and intended audience purpose and audience purpose. It is just or lacks evidence to that is well-supported passable. illustrate its by evidence. purpose. Total Points
DIRECTIONS FOR DUE DATE: Put an MLA heading on your paper. Be sure to place your last names in the corner. Put the title—Précis Writing and Paraphrasing: The Title of Your Article—in the center. Place each rhetorical précis statement in alphabetical order under the centered subheading of Rhetorical Précis: Your Last Name. After you have placed each individual rhetorical précis, you must then piece together your paraphrase of the article in the same order of the article. The last page must be a Works Cited with the article citation. It must also be paginated in the same fashion as your document. Your entire document must be done in MLA. Individual Rhetorical Précis Rubric Content The Good (8-10) The Bad (7-5) The Ugly (4-0) Your Verdict Rhetorical Précis Sentence 1 A clear, thorough, professional, and thesis that contains all required elements. A terse thesis that only partially asserts the premise of the article. There may be missing elements. A sophomoric thesis that either misidentifies the argument or is lacking required elements. Rhetorical Précis Sentence 2 A clear and detailed sentence that fully supports the thesis. The author has clearly read and understood the article. A decent attempt at identifying the evidence the author uses to support his or her thesis. A cursory explanation that can be found in the abstract. There is little evidence of having read the article. Rhetorical Précis Sentence 3 A clear understanding of the purpose of the article and how its evidence supports the thesis. An adequate understanding of the purpose of the article and how its evidence supports the thesis. You know nothing, John Snow. Rhetorical Précis Sentence 4 A cohesive sentence that demonstrates an understanding of purpose and audience that is well-supported by evidence. A general understanding of the audience and purpose. It is just passable. The sentence misidentifies the intended audience or lacks evidence to illustrate its purpose. Total Points
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