ENG 101
G R A D I N G   R U B R I C



INVENTION
 Rating Standards
5  ·   Purpose is clear and appropriate to the assignment.
 ·   Introduction masterfully engages the reader and creates interest.
 ·   Essay sparkles with creative content choices and is thought-provoking.
 ·   Conclusion is elegant, taking advantage of its rhetorical position in the essay

4  ·   Purpose is clear and appropriate to the assignment.
 ·   Introduction engages the reader and creates interest.
 ·   Essay maintains interest by creative choices made in content selection.
 ·   Concludes smoothly and powerfully.

3  ·   Purpose is appropriate to the assignment.
 ·   Introduction provides adequate information to set the stage for the essay.
 ·   Essay maintains reader's interest.
 ·   Concludes effectively.

2  ·   Purpose is unclear or not well developed.
 ·   Introduction fails to create reader interest.
 ·   Essay fails to maintain reader's attention.
 ·   Essay concludes weakly.

1  ·   Purpose is not clear or is not related to the assignment.
 ·   Introduction is inadequate.
 ·   Essay does not interest the reader.
 ·   Essay lacks closure.



ARRANGEMENT  
 Rating Standards
5  ·   Essay includes an explicit or implied plan for development and a thesis
 ·   Organization is masterful
 ·   Paragraphs show a sophisticated level of unity and coherence.

4  ·   Essay includes plan for development and a thesis
 ·   Organization is effective for the assignment.
 ·   Paragraphs are unified and cohesive

3  ·   Essay includes a discernable plan for development and a thesis
 ·   Organization is appropriate for the assignment.
 ·   Paragraphs hold together adequately.

2  ·   Essay shows minimal plan for development.
 ·   Essay lacks a clear organizational strategy.
 ·   OR paragraphs lack unity and cohesion.

1  ·   Essay demonstrates no apparent plan for development and lacks unity and cohesiveness.



DEVELOPMENT  
 Rating Standards
5  ·   Presents a highly coherent, clearly logical case in support of the thesis with powerful use of strategies, examples, definition, explanation, etc.

4  ·   Presents a coherent, logical case in support of the thesis with effective use of strategies, examples, definition, explanation, etc.

3  ·   Presents an adequate case in support of the thesis with some use of strategies, examples, definition, explanation, etc.

2  ·   Lacks either a coherent, logical case OR adequate use of strategies, examples, definition, explanation, etc.

1  ·   Exhibits little or no support for the thesis.


STYLE  
 Rating Standards
5  ·   Demonstrates mastery of all elements of style.

4  ·   Shows appropriate language, content, and persona and reveals some sophistication of language usage and syntax.

3  ·   Exhibits appropriate language, content, and persona, but lacks sophistication of language usage and syntax.

2  ·   Uses either language, content, or persona inappropriately and lacks sophistication of language usage and syntax.

1  ·   Lacks minimal control of the elements of style



EDITING  
 Rating Standards
5  ·   Contains no more than one editing error per page.

4  ·   Contains somewhat more errors (typically no more than two or three per page).

3  ·   Contains editing errors that slightly impede meaning or somewhat distract the reader.

2  ·   Contains multiple errors that substantially distract the reader.

1  ·   Contains multiple errors that seriously impede meaning.




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