Excellent development of ideas, organizational plan, vocabulary choice, sentence sense, and use of conventions and spelling.

When reading the paper, the audience is strictly paying attention to the meaning of your work. The writing has a captivating lead, and is compelling in its elocution and elucidation of ideas. The writing makes reference to primary and secondary source material in an appropriate (mla format) and meaningful way. The reader has learned

something when finished reading your work.

Solid development of ideas, organizational plan, vocabulary choice, sentence sense, and use of conventions and spelling. There may be minor inconsistencies in the writing that call for revision. When reading the paper, the audience may be distracted by defects in the writing. The writing has a lead which clearly answers the prompt, and is able to competently develop its thesis and supporting ideas. The writing makes reference to primary and secondary source material in an appropriate way. The reader knows the resolution to your thesis when finished reading your

work.
Inconsistent development of ideas, organizational plan, vocabulary choice, sentence sense, and use of conventions and spelling. There are inconsistencies in the writing that call for revision. When reading the paper, the audience may be unsure of what the writer is trying to say because of defects in the writing. The writing has a lead which is indistinguishable from the rest of the paper. The writing makes little or no reference to primary and secondary source material (or refers to it in an undocumented manner). The reader may still be unsure of what you are saying

when finished reading your work.

Little or no development of ideas, organizational plan, vocabulary choice, sentence sense, and use of conventions and spelling. There are major inconsistencies in the writing that call for revision. When reading the paper, the audience may be unsure of what the writer is trying to say because of defects in the writing. The writing may have no lead. The writing makes little or no reference to primary and secondary source material (or refers to it in an undocumented manner). The reader is clearly unsure of what you are saying when finished reading your work.

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