Effectively distinguishes Adequately distinguishes Attempts to distinguish to address counterclaims and counterclaims and counterclaims and counterclaims and/or counterevidence from counterevidence from counterevidence from provide counter evidence claims claims claims RESEARCH* Source material is Research is from reliable Research is from sources Lack of supported smoothly integrated into sources, but may lack that lack credibility or evidence from sources. the text credibility or be outdated. contain outdated Research is current, from Sources are used and evidence. credible, reliable sources source material is Integration of source and provides evidence integrated into the text material is awkward WRITTEN EXPRESSION 4 3 2 1 STYLE Highly purposeful Some purposeful Limited sentence variety No sentence variety sentence variety sentence variety Little subordination of No subordination or Sentences incorporate Some sentences use ideas embedding modifiers subordination of ideas, subordination of ideas, and/or effective and/or embedding embedding of modifiers modifiers WORD CHOICE/ Contains highly specific Contains specific word Limited word choice, Lacks tone and voice, word choice, descriptive choice, descriptive descriptive language little or no specific word VOCABULARY language, and selected language, and selected and/or selected choice, descriptive information information information language, and/or selected Purposeful tone Evidence of appropriate Inconsistent tone and information appropriate for intended tone and some evidence limited evidence of audience with evidence of writer’s writer’s voice of writer’s voice USAGE/MECHANICS
Effectively distinguishes counterclaims and counterevidence from claims Adequately distinguishes counterclaims and counterevidence from claims Attempts to distinguish counterclaims and counterevidence from claims to address counterclaims and/or provide counter evidence RESEARCH* Source material is smoothly integrated into the text Research is current, from credible, reliable sources and provides evidence Research is from reliable sources, but may lack credibility or be outdated. Sources are used and source material is integrated into the text Research is from sources that lack credibility or contain outdated evidence. Integration of source material is awkward Lack of supported evidence from sources. WRITTEN EXPRESSION 4 3 2 1 STYLE Highly purposeful sentence variety Sentences incorporate subordination of ideas, and/or effective embedding of modifiers Some purposeful sentence variety Some sentences use subordination of ideas, and/or embedding modifiers Limited sentence variety Little subordination of ideas No sentence variety No subordination or embedding modifiers WORD CHOICE/ VOCABULARY Contains highly specific word choice, descriptive language, and selected information Purposeful tone appropriate for intended audience with evidence of writer’s voice Contains specific word choice, descriptive language, and selected information Evidence of appropriate tone and some evidence of writer’s Limited word choice, descriptive language and/or selected information Inconsistent tone and limited evidence of writer’s voice Lacks tone and voice, little or no specific word choice, descriptive language, and/or selected information USAGE/MECHANICS
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