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Organization and
Purpose
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The response has little
or no discernible organizational structure. The response
may be related to the topic but may provide little or
no focus as related to the writing task as outlined
in the prompt.
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The response has an
inconsistent organizational structure. Some flaws are
evident, and some ideas may be loosely connected. The
organization is somewhat sustained between and within
paragraphs. The response may have a minor drift in focus
or does not clearly address the writing task of the
prompt.
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The response has an
evident organizational structure and a sense of completeness.
Though there may be minor flaws, they do not interfere
with the overall coherence. The organization is adequately
sustained between and within paragraphs. The response
is generally focused on the writing task as outlined
in the prompt.
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The response has a
clear and effective organizational structure, creating
a sense of unity and completeness. The organization
is fully sustained between and within paragraphs. The
response is consistently and purposefully focused. The
writing address the writing task as outlined in the
prompt.
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Evidence and Elaboration
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The response provides
minimal elaboration of the support/evidence for the
thesis/controlling idea that includes little or no use
of source material. The response is vague, lacks clarity,
or is confusing: - evidence (facts and details)from
the source material is minimal, irrelevant, absent,
incorrectly used, or predominantly copied.
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The response provides
uneven, cursory elaboration of support/evidence for
the thesis/controlling idea that includes uneven or
limited use of source material. The response develops
ideas unevenly, using simplistic language: - some evidence
(facts and details) from the source material may be
weakly integrated, imprecise, repetitive, vague, and/or
copied - weak use of citations or attribution to source
material.
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The response provides
adequate elaboration of support/evidence for the thesis/controlling
idea that includes the use of source material. The response
adequately develops ideas, employing a mix of precise
and more general language: - adequate evidence (facts
and details)from the source material is integrated and
relevant, yet may be general - adequate use of citations
or attribution to source material - adequate use of
some elaborative techniques - vocabulary is used correctly
and is generally appropriate for the task.
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The response provides
thorough elaboration of support/evidence for the thesis/controlling
idea that includes the effective use of source material.
The response clearly and effectively develops ideas,
using precise language: - comprehensive evidence (facts
and details) from the source material is integrated,
relevant, and specific - clear citations or attribution
to source material - effective use of a variety of elaborative
techniques - vocabulary is clearly and accurate for
the topic.
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Language Convention
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The response demonstrates
little or no command of conventions. The writing has
infrequent use of correct sentence formation, punctuation,
capitalization, grammar usage, and spelling.
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The response demonstrates
a partial command of conventions. The writing has limited
use of correct sentence formation, punctuation, capitalization,
grammar usage, and spelling.
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The response demonstrates
an adequate command of language conventions and demonstrates
adequate use of correct sentence formation, punctuation,
capitalization, grammar usage, and spelling.
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