Essay & revision rubric
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No Points 0.00 |
Below Average 5.00 |
Average 10.00 |
Above Average 15.00 |
Superior 20.00 |
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Content 20% -Thesis is in the first and last paragraphs. -Essay is voiced for an audience of college level or professional peers. Purpose meets the assignment. |
Not submitted or plagiarized. |
Content is below average. Assignment criteria not attempted superficial, vague, or absent. Logical fallacies may exist. |
Content is average. Students address some assignment criteria but not all. Critical thinking is underdeveloped or undistinguished. |
Content is above average. Student addresses all assignment criteria though quality and depth may not be high as high as that reflected in superior papers. |
Content is superior. Student fully addresses assignment criteria and demonstrates effective critical thinking. |
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MLA Format 20% -Essay correctly integrates quotes and includes in-text citations. -Essay includes a correctly formatted MLA Works Cited page.
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Not submitted or plagiarized. |
MLA format / documentation is below average. Student exhibits little to no attempt at correct formatting. Documentation is consistently incorrect or absent. |
MLA format / documentation is average with some requirements done inconsistently or incorrectly. |
MLA format/documentation is above average with only infrequent or minor errors. |
MLA format / documentation is superior. All format / documentation standards are addressed accordingly. |
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Writing Style 20% -Essay organization is appropriate for the assignment. -Student uses active voice sentences. -Student uses college level diction (word choice). |
Not submitted or plagiarized. |
Style is below average. Essay contains pervasive stylistic issues. Paper may lack professional or appropriate diction. |
Style is average with frequent stylistic errors. Tone/diction may be unprofessional or inappropriate at times. |
Style is above average. Only minor or infrequent stylistics errors exist. Tone/diction are appropriate and professional. |
Style is superior. Writing contains no awkward passages or sentence errors and flows smoothly. Student exhibits mastery of tone/diction. |
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Grammar 20% – Grammar/ Mechanics/ Punctuation |
Not submitted or plagiarized. |
Below average. Pervasive and distracting errors in grammar/mechanics and/or punctuation, which may include sentence fragments, run-on sentences, or incomplete thoughts. |
Average. Frequent errors in grammar/mechanics and/or punctuation are present. |
Above average. Few errors in grammar/mechanics and/or punctuation are present. |
Superior. Student exhibits mastery of grammar/mechanics and/or punctuation. Errors, if they exist are minor and very infrequent. |
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Instructions 20% -Word Count is within assignment specifications. -Essay uses the specified number of required academic sources (articles from the GMC library or approved sources). |
Not submitted or plagiarized. |
Below average. Student submits paper that ignored multiple written assignment instructions. |
Average. Student submits paper that does not address one instruction. |
Above average. Student submits paper that addresses assignment instructions but one instruction is not address completely. |
Superior. Student submits paper that meets or exceeds assignment instructions. |