* Conclusion could include a call to action Exceeds Standard Meets Standard Below Standard Far Below No Score Standard Comprehensive evidence Adequate evidence (facts Some evidence (facts and Evidence (facts and Insufficiently (facts and details)from the and details)from the details) from the source details)from the addresses the source material is integrated, source material is material may be weakly source material is prompt (10 relevant, and specific integrated and relevant, integrated, imprecise, minimal, irrelevant, and/or points) yet may be general (8 repetitive, vague, and/or absent, incorrectly Copied text (6 points) used, points) copied and/or and/or predominantly copied Off-topic (4 points) and/or Off-purpose Clear citations or attribution Adequate use of citations Weak use of citations or Insufficient use of (10 to source material or attribution to source attribution to source citations or attribution points) material (8 points) material (6 points) to source material (4 points) Effective use of a variety of Adequate use of some Weak or uneven use of Minimal, if any, use (10 (8 elaborative techniques elaborative techniques elaborative techniques of elaborative points) points) and/or development may techniques and/or consist primarily of source emotional appeal may summary and/or may rely dominate (4 points) on emotional appeal (6 points) Additional Notes: Score: /30 Meets Standard Below Standard Far Below No Score Standard Adequate use of correct sentence formation, Limited use of correct Infrequent use of Insufficiently punctuation, capitalization, grammar usage, sentence formation, correct sentence addresses the and spelling. punctuation, formation, prompt get in the way of capitalization, grammar punctuation, and/or (Occasional mistakes don’t (10 points) understanding the argument) usage, and spelling. capitalization, Copied text (Mistakes sometime grammar usage, and and/or impact understanding of spelling. Off-topic the argument) (6 points) (Reader cannot follow and/or the argument due to Off-purpose errors) (4 points) Additional Notes: Score: /10
* Conclusion could include a call to action Exceeds Standard Meets Standard Below Standard Far Below Standard No Score Comprehensive evidence (facts and details)from the source material is integrated, relevant, and specific (10 points) Adequate evidence (facts and details)from the source material is integrated and relevant, yet may be general (8 points) Some evidence (facts and details) from the source material may be weakly integrated, imprecise, repetitive, vague, and/or copied (6 points) Evidence (facts and details)from the source material is minimal, irrelevant, absent, incorrectly used, and/or predominantly copied (4 points) Insufficiently addresses the prompt and/or Copied text and/or Off-topic and/or Off-purpose Clear citations or attribution to source material (10 points) Adequate use of citations or attribution to source material (8 points) Weak use of citations or attribution to source material (6 points) Insufficient use of citations or attribution to source material (4 points) Effective use of a variety of elaborative techniques (10 points) Adequate use of some elaborative techniques (8 points) Weak or uneven use of elaborative techniques and/or development may consist primarily of source summary and/or may rely on emotional appeal (6 points) Minimal, if any, use of elaborative techniques and/or emotional appeal may dominate (4 points) Additional Notes: Score: /30 Meets Standard Below Standard Far Below Standard No Score Adequate use of correct sentence formation, punctuation, capitalization, grammar usage, and spelling. (Occasional mistakes don’t get in the way of understanding the argument) (10 points) Limited use of correct sentence formation, punctuation, capitalization, grammar usage, and spelling. (Mistakes sometime impact understanding of the argument) (6 points) Infrequent use of correct sentence formation, punctuation, capitalization, grammar usage, and spelling. (Reader cannot follow the argument due to errors) (4 points) Insufficiently addresses the prompt and/or Copied text and/or Off-topic and/or Off-purpose Additional Notes: Score: /10
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