| Estimated Grade: |
A+ A |
A- B+ B |
B- C+ C |
C- D+ |
D D- F |
F |
| |
8-9 Points |
6-7 Points |
5 Points |
3-4 Points |
1-2 Points |
0 Points |
| Overall Impression |
Demonstrates good control of the
literature and outstanding writing competence; clear thesis and logical
conclusion; thorough and effective; incisive |
Demonstrates good
control of the literature and good writing; less thorough and incisive than
the best papers |
Reveals simplistic thinking
and/or immature writing and adequate skills |
Incomplete thinking; fails to
respond adequately to part or parts of the question or topic; may paraphrase
rather than analyze |
Unacceptably brief; fails to
respond to the question; little clarity or cohesion |
Lacking skill and competence |
| Understanding of text or material |
Excellent understand-ing of the
text; exhibits perception and clarity; original or unique approach and
thinking; includes apt and specific references |
Good understanding
of the text; exhibits perception and clarity; includes specific references;
good use of quotations |
Superficial understanding of the
text; elements of literature are vague, mechanical, and over-generalized |
Mis-readings and lack of
persuasive evidence from the text; meager and unconvincing treatment of
literary elements |
Serious mis-readings and little
supporting evidence from the text; erroneous treatment of literary elements |
A response with no more than a
reference to the literature; blank response, or one completely off the topic |
| Organization & Development |
Meticulously organized and
thoroughly developed; coherent and unified; logical |
Well-organized and
developed; coherent and unified |
Reasonably organized and
developed; mostly coherent and unified |
Somewhat organized and
developed; some incoherence and lack of unity |
Little or no organization and
development; incoherent and void of unity |
No apparent organization or
development; incoherent |
| Sentence Variety & Structure |
Effectively varied and engaging;
virtually error free; no logical fallacies or faulty arguments |
Varied and
interesting; a few errors |
Adequately varied; some errors;
some faulty arguments and logical fallicies |
Somewhat varied and marginally
interesting; one or more major errors per page |
Little or no variation; dull and
uninteresting; more than a few major errors |
Numerous major errors; no
attempt to make a persuasive argument |
| Word Choice & Style & Usage |
Interesting and effective;
virtually free of errors |
Generally
interesting and effective; a few errors |
Occasionally interesting and
effective; several poor word or wrong word choices |
Somewhat dull and ordinary; some
errors in diction |
Mostly dull and conventional;
numerous errors and awkward phrases |
Numerous major errors; extremely
immature |
| Grammar, Mechanics, & Proofreading |
Virtually error free |
Occasional minor errors |
Several minor errors |
Some major errors |
Severely flawed; frequent major
errors |
Extremely flawed writing |
