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Statement of Purpose/Focus
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The response may be
related to the purpose but may offer little or no focus:
- may be very brief - may have a major drift -
focus may be confusing or ambiguous
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The response is somewhat
sustained with some extraneous material or a minor drift
in focus: - may be clearly focused on the opinion
but is insufficiently sustained - opinion on the issue
may be unclear and unfocused
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The response is sufficiently
sustained and generally focused: - opinion is clear
and for the most part maintained, though some loosely
related material may be present - context provided
for the claim is sufficient
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The response is fully
sustained and consistently and purposefully focused:
- opinion is clearly stated, focused, and strongly
maintained - opinion is communicated clearly within
the context
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Organization
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The response has little
or no discernible organizational structure: - few
or no transitional strategies are evident - frequent
extraneous ideas may present, are weak
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The response has an
inconsistent organizational structure, and flaws are
evident: - inconsistent use of transitional strategies
with little variety - uneven progression of ideas
from beginning to end - conclusion and introduction,
if present, are weak
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The response has a
recognizable organizational structure, though there
may be minor flaws and some ideas may be loosely connected:
- sufficient use of transitional strategies with some
variety - sufficient progression of ideas from beginning
to end - sufficient introduction and conclusion
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The response has a
clear and effective organizational structure creating
unity and completeness: - effective, consistent use
of a variety of transitional strategies - logical
progression of ideas from beginning to end - effective
introduction and conclusion for audience and purpose
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Elaboration of Evidence
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The response provides
minimal support/evidence for the writer's opinion
that includes little or no use of sources, facts, and
details: - use of evidence from sources is minimal,
absent, in error, or irrelevant
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The response provides
uneven, cursory support/evidence for the writer's
opinion that includes partial or uneven use of sources,
facts, and details: - evidence from sources is weakly
integrated, and citations, if present, are uneven -
weak or uneven use of elaborative techniques
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The response provides
sufficient support/evidence for the writer's opinion
that includes the use of sources, facts, and details:
- some evidence from sources is integrated, though
citations may be general or imprecise - sufficient
use of some elaborative techniques
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The response provides,
thorough and convincing support/evidence for the writer's
opinion that includes the effective use of sources,
facts, and details: - use of evidence from sources
is smoothly integrated, comprehensive, and relevant
- effective use of a variety of elaborative techniques
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Language and Vocabulary
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The expression of ideas
is vague, lacks clarity, or is confusing: - uses limited
language or domain-specific vocabulary - may have
little sense of audience and purpose
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The response expresses
ideas unevenly, using simplistic language: - use of
domain-specific vocabulary that may at times be inappropriate
for the audience and purpose
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The response sufficiently
expresses ideas, employing a mix of precise with more
general language: - use of domain-specific vocabulary
is generally appropriate for the audience and purpose
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The response clearly
and effectively expresses ideas, using precise language:
- use of academic and domain-specific vocabulary is
clearly appropriate for the audience and purpose
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Conventions
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The response demonstrates
a lack of command of conventions: - errors are frequent
and significant and meaning is often obscured
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The response demonstrates
a partial command of conventions: - frequent errors
in usage may obscure meaning - inconsistent use of
punctuation, capitalization, and spelling
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The response demonstrates
an adequate command of conventions: - some errors
in usage and sentence formation but no systematic pattern
of errors is displayed - adequate use of punctuation,
capitalization, and spelling
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The response demonstrates
a strong command of conventions: - few, if any, errors
in usage and sentence formation - effective and consistent
use of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling
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