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Ideas
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-Minimally focused on topic
-Minimally or insufficiently
developed controlling idea
-Some irrelevant, vague, or
overly general supporting
ideas
-Lacks sufficient engagement
-Insufficient writing to
determine competence
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-Sufficiently focused on topic
-Sufficiently developed
controlling idea
-Some relevant and developed
supporting ideas
-Some engaging information
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-Consistently focused
on topic -Well developed controlling idea addresses
the writer's point -Relevant and consistently developed
supporting ideas -Adequately engaging information
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-Fully focused on topic
-Fully developed controlling
idea that clearly establishes the
writer's point
-Relevant and fully developed
supporting ideas
-Engaging presentation of
information throughout
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Organization
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-Organizing strategy is
formulaic unclear or
inappropriate
-Minimal evidence of
sequencing
-Some unrelated ideas
grouped in paragraphs
-Insufficient writing to
determine competence
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-Overall organization is generally
appropriate to writer's purpose
-Clear sequence of ideas
-Majority of related ideas
grouped in paragraphs
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-Overall organization
appropriate to writer's
purpose
-Appropriate sequence of
ideas
-Related ideas grouped in
paragraphs
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-Organization is wholly
appropriate to writer's purpose
-Logical and appropriate
sequence of ideas
-Related ideas grouped
appropriately
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Style
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-Language and tone are
uneven
-Word choice is simple,
ordinary, imprecise and/ or
repetitive
-Minimal, inconsistent, or
indistinct voice
-Minimal or no variation in
sentence length and structure
-Insufficient writing to
determine competence
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-Language and tone are
appropriate to writer's purpose
-Word choice is generally
interesting with occasional lapses
-Writer's voice is clear and
appropriate
-Some variation in sentence
length and structure
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-Language and tone enhance
writer's purpose
-Word choice is precise and
engaging
-Consistent and distinctive
voice
-Sentences vary in length and
structure
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-Well crafted writing that
creates a sustained tone
-Varied, precise, and engaging
language appropriate to
writer's purpose
-Fully developed and engaging
writer's voice
-Extensive sentence variety
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Documentation
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-Essay does not include
required sources
-In-�text citations are missing
or do not follow MLA
guidelines
-The list of works cited is
missing or does not follow
MLA guidelines
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-Essay does not include all of the
required sources
-In-�text citations follow MLA
guidelines to some degree
-The list of works cited follows
MLA guidelines to some degree
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-Essay includes the required
primary and secondary
sources
-In-�text citations mostly
follow MLA guidelines
-The list of works cited mostly
follows MLA guidelines
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-Essay includes the required
primary and secondary sources
-In-�text citations follow MLA
guidelines perfectly
-The list of works cited follows
MLA guidelines perfectly
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Conventions
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-Essay follows few or none of
the guidelines for document
format
-Sentence level meaning is
not consistently clear
-May contain frequent or
severe errors in usage
-May contain frequent or
severe errors in mechanics
-Errors may interfere with
meaning
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-Essay follows some guidelines
for document format
-Sentence level meaning is
generally clear
-Usage is generally correct
-Mechanics are generally correct
-A few errors interfere with
meaning
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-Essay follows most guidelines
for document format
-Consistent clarity of meaning
at the sentence level
-Most elements of usage are
consistently correct
-Most elements of mechanics
are consistently correct
-Errors are generally minor
and do not interfere with
meaning
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-Essay follows all guidelines for
document format
-Sustained clarity of meaning
at the sentence level
-All elements of usage are
consistently correct
-All elements of mechanics are
consistently correct
-Infrequent, if any, errors
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