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Essay
Intro - Hook
100
Excellent - 3
Fair - 2
The essay has an
The essay has a hook but
interesting,
there are issues with
grammatically correct
quality or grammar.
hook.
Poor - 1
There is no hook.
5.88
Intro - General
Statement
There is an good
There is a general
general statement that
statement but there are
serves as a bridge
problems with quality or
between the hook and
grammar.
the thesis.
There is no general
statement.
The introduction ends
with a thesis that
accurately lists the
topics of each of the
three paragraphs.
There is a thesis but it is
inaccurate or has
grammar or other
problems.
There is no thesis.
The paragraphs make
good use of linking
devices throughout.
There are some linking
devices used but there
could be more or they
could be better.
There are not enough
or no linking devices.
Some topic sentences
are missing or there are
other issues with them.
There are missing or
no topic sentences.
5.88
Intro - Thesis
5.88
Body - Linking devices
5.88
Each paragraph begins
with a good,
Body - Topic Sentence
grammatically correct
topic sentence.
5.88
Body - Points
There are some points in
Most points are
The 2 points in each the body paragraphs but
missing or confusing
body paragraph are
some or missing,
or otherwise not
clear and well deployed. confusing or have other
properly done.
issues.
5.88
Body - Evidence /
Explanation
There are multiple
Each paragraph has
There is evidence
examples of missing
clear examples of
missing or improperly
or improper use of
evidence from the text, used or the explanations
evidence and missing
at least some of which
are unclear or
or unclear
are direct quotes.
insubstantial.
explanations.
5.88
The conclusion opens
There is a restatement of
with an accurate
Conclusion the thesis but it is
restatement of the
Restatement of thesis
misplaced, incorrect or
thesis established in the
has other issues.
introduction.
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There is no
restatement of the
thesis.
The key points of each There is a summary but
Conclusion - Summary
paragraph are
it is incomplete or has There is no summary.
summarized succinctly.
other issues.
5.88
The essay ends in a
relevant and effective
concluding statement.
There is a concluding
statement but it is off- There is no concluding
topic, confusing or
statement.
otherwise incorrect.
Grammar - Spelling
There are no spelling
mistakes.
There are some spelling
mistakes.
There are multiple
spelling mistakes.
5.88
Grammar Capitalization
5.88
There are no
capitalization errors.
There are some
capitalization errors.
There are multiple
capitalization errors.
There are absolutely no
punctuation errors.
There are some
punctuation errors but
they do not effect
understanding.
There are multiple or
severe punctuation
errors throughout.
Conclusion - wrap up
5.88
Grammar Punctuation
5.88
The choice of words is
The word choice is
Grammar - vocabulary
accurate and the
incorrect at times or the
/ word choice
vocabulary is suitable
vocabulary is too
for this level.
simplistic.
There are multiple
issues with word
choice and/or the
vocabulary is much
too basic.
5.88
Development of Ideas
Ideas are supported and Ideas are good but lack Ideas are irrelevant or
well thought out.
detail or support.
unsupported.
5.88
Works Cited
There is a Works Cited There is a Works Cited
page at the end of the page but there are some
essay which is mostly
significant errors in
correctly formatted.
formatting.
There is no Works
Cited page
5.88
References
5.88
There are at least 2
references properly
sourced throughout the
text.
There is only one
reference or there are
significant errors in
sourcing.
There are no
references in the text.