Organization pattern Well organized with Organizational plan is No clear organization. Evidence demonstrates understanding of organizational plan obvious inconsistent. the (historical, general to throughout. specific, segments of the topic, etc.) and organizational plan enhances the presentation, promoting ease in reading. All sources selected are clearly Apparent match between Apparent match between Mismatch between the Writing relevant to the purpose. all sources and purpose, some sources and purpose, sources and purpose. Relevance is clearly articulated. although perhaps not although perhaps not clearly articulated. clearly articulated. Summarizes and insightfully Summarizes the overall Summarizes the overall Lacks summary or synthesis Synthesis synthesizes the literature picture obtained from the picture obtained from the of the information, leaving information, including analysis literature review and literature review but each article as a stand alone of gaps in and/or limitations of synthesizes the knowledge synthesis. piece and/or misinterprets the research. gained. the information and/or makes statements unsupported by the literature. Contains no spelling or Contains few spelling or Contains noticeable but not Contains numerous Style grammatical errors, grammatical errors, distracting spelling or distracting spelling or demonstrates creative use of generally follows grammatical errors, grammatical errors, and/or language, conscientiously manual, uses quotations generally follows style does not follow style follows style manual, uses and citations appropriately, manual, uses quotations manual, and/or lacks or uses quotations and citations to transitions included. and citations appropriately, quotations and/or citations enhance written narrative, Adheres to required length. transitions included. ineffectively or smooth transitions. Adheres to inappropriately, and/or lack required length. of transitions.
Evidence Organization pattern demonstrates understanding of the (historical, general to specific, segments of the topic, etc.) and organizational plan enhances the presentation, promoting ease in reading. Well organized with organizational plan obvious throughout. Organizational plan is inconsistent. No clear organization. Writing All sources selected are clearly relevant to the purpose. Relevance is clearly articulated. Apparent match between all sources and purpose, although perhaps not clearly articulated. Apparent match between some sources and purpose, although perhaps not clearly articulated. Mismatch between the sources and purpose. Synthesis Summarizes and insightfully synthesizes the literature information, including analysis of gaps in and/or limitations of the research. Summarizes the overall picture obtained from the literature review and synthesizes the knowledge gained. Summarizes the overall picture obtained from the literature review but synthesis. Lacks summary or synthesis of the information, leaving each article as a stand alone piece and/or misinterprets the information and/or makes statements unsupported by the literature. Style Contains no spelling or grammatical errors, demonstrates creative use of language, conscientiously follows style manual, uses quotations and citations to enhance written narrative, smooth transitions. Adheres to required length. Contains few spelling or grammatical errors, generally follows manual, uses quotations and citations appropriately, transitions included. Adheres to required length. Contains noticeable but not distracting spelling or grammatical errors, generally follows style manual, uses quotations and citations appropriately, transitions included. Contains numerous distracting spelling or grammatical errors, and/or does not follow style manual, and/or lacks or uses quotations and/or citations ineffectively or inappropriately, and/or lack of transitions.
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