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Topic
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Has no focus and shows hardly any reflective thought
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Shows partial reflective thought; centered on a minor aspect of the item, place, or person
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Shows adequate reflective thought; centered on a specific main idea on the item, place or person that is reasonable but lacks a certain appeal
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Shows exceptional reflective thought; centered on a specific main idea on the item, place or person that is reasonable, interesting and appealing to the reader
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Sentence Structure / Flow
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Hardly any paragraphs are centered around the major aspects of the topic; sentences use ordinary verbs and sentence starters; sentences contain a few weak adjectives that do not accurately describe the item, person, or place; very few sentences are grammatically correct starting with a capital letter and ending with a period
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A few paragraphs are centered around the major aspects of the topic; sentences use ordinary verbs and sentence starters; sentences contain a few weak adjectives that accurately describe the item, person, or place; a few sentences are grammatically correct starting with a capital letter and ending with a period
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Most paragraphs are centered around the major aspects of the topic; sentences use strong, compelling verbs and sentence starters but they do not enhance the meaning and detail of the writing; sentences contains a few vivid adjectives that accurately describe the item, person, or place and also enhance the meaning of the writing; most sentences are grammatically correct starting with a capital letter and ending with a period
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All paragraphs are centered around major aspects of the topic; sentences use strong, compelling verbs and sentence starters; sentences contain vivid adjectives that accurately describe the item, person, or place and also enhance the meaning of the writing; sentences are grammatically correct starting with a capital letter and ending with a period
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Word Choice
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Exhibits unsatisfactory effort in choice of a very few strong verbs and sentence starters as well as very few vivid adjectives that in now way help to enhance the detail and meaning of the writing
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Exhibits satisfactory effort in choice of a few strong verbs and sentence starters as well as a few adjectives that are vivid but do not help to enhance the detail and meaning of the writing
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Exhibits good effort in choice of mostly strong verbs and sentence starters as well as a few vivid adjectives that helps to enhance the detail and meaning of the writing
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Exhibits great effort in choice of strong verbs and sentence starters as well as vivid compelling adjectives that greatly enhance the detail and meaning of the writing
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Spelling
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Has multiple spelling errors
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Has more than five minor spelling errors
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Has no more than three or four spelling minor spelling errors
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Only has one or two minor spelling errors
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