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ENG 102 Interview Rubric
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Points
2
F
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Points
3
D-/D/D+
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Points
3.5
C-/C/C+
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Points
4
B-/B/B+
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Points
5
A-/A/A+
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Thesis & Focus
Thesis, central idea, audience, purpose, focus
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Lacks an identifiable thesis. Limited or no awareness of audience and purpose.
Readers cannot discern the interview’s central idea.
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Thesis was attempted but unclear and/or inconsistently addressed. Reveals limited awareness of audience and purpose. Central idea either lacking or inconsistently addressed.
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Thesis is identifiable, but perhaps too narrow, too broad, or otherwise problematic. Awareness of audience may be adequate but inconsistent. Central idea is perhaps too general.
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Thesis is established and is consistently addressed throughout most of the interview. Awareness of audience is sufficient. Central idea is clear and maintained in most of the interview.
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Thesis is clearly established and maintained throughout the entire interview. Interview demonstrates a sophisticated awareness of audience and purpose. Central idea/focus maintained throughout.
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Support & Development
Thesis support and topic development
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Little-to-no thesis support or topic development
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Thesis support is minimal, logically flawed, and/or inaccurate. Topic development is inadequate.
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More thesis support is needed. Topic development may be unclear.
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Thesis support is sufficient but perhaps flawed in some way. Topic development is clear.
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Interview completely supports the thesis with excellent topic development.
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Coherence & Organization
Introduction, conclusion, body paragraphs, transitions, topic sentences
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No clear introduction, body, or conclusion. Little-to-no transitions. Demonstrates little-to-no understanding of organization. Many sentences within paragraphs do not relate to each other and/or the paragraph’s topic. May contain no discernable topic sentences.
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Introduction, body, and conclusion attempted but problematic. Few transitions. Perhaps numerous digressions. Mostly missing or problematic topic sentences. Demonstrates little understanding of organization.
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Identifiable introduction, body, and conclusion; yet one significant weakness is present: lack of background information, inadequate summary of interview, undeveloped conclusion, illogical paragraph order. Adequate transitions, perhaps some digressions. Some paragraphs may lack clear topic sentences.
Demonstrates basic understanding of organization.
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Clear introduction, body, and conclusion: Introduction provides background information, body summarizes interview, and conclusion synthesizes interview very effectively. Good transitions. Demonstrates good understanding of organization.
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Clear and effective introduction, body, and conclusion: Introduction provides background information, body summarizes interview, and conclusion synthesizes interview very effectively. Clear and effective transitions are present throughout the interview. Demonstrates excellent understanding of organization.
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Language & Style
Word choice, repetition, redundancy, awkwardness, article misuse, wrong word form (their/there, etc.), typos/misspellings, vocabulary
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May contain more than 6 errors in word choice, wordiness, redundancy, or awkwardness.
May contain more than 6 errors in inappropriate language for academic audience.
Fails to demonstrate competent language use; sentences and vocabulary are inappropriate, facile, and/or incoherent.
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May contain 6 errors in word choice, wordiness, redundancy, or awkwardness.
May contain 6 errors in inappropriate language for academic audience.
Contains repetitive, incorrect, and/or insufficient sentence structure and/or limited vocabulary.
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May contain 4 – 5 errors in word choice, wordiness, redundancy, or awkwardness.
May contain 2 – 3 errors in inappropriate language for academic audience.
Demonstrates competency with language use but sentence constructions and vocabulary may be limited or repetitive.
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May contain 2 – 3 errors in word choice, wordiness, redundancy, or awkwardness.
May contain 2 – 3 errors in inappropriate language for academic audience.
Demonstrates sufficient knowledge and skill with varied sentence construction and vocabulary. Unnecessary repetition is minor.
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May contain 1 error in word choice, wordiness, redundancy, or awkwardness.
May contain 1 error in inappropriate language for academic audience.
Demonstrates sophisticated knowledge and skill with varied and complex sentence construction and vocabulary. Little-to-no unnecessary repetition.
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Grammar
Fragments, subject-verb agreement, verb tense errors, verb form errors, run-ons, pronoun agreement
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Contains more than 5 different grammar errors.
The identical 3 – 4 errors may be repeated throughout.
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Contains 4 – 5 different grammar errors. The identical 2 – 3 errors may be repeated throughout.
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Contains 2 – 3 different grammar errors. The identical 1 – 2 errors may be repeated throughout.
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Contains 1 grammar error, which may be repeated throughout the interview.
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Contains either no grammar errors, or 1 – 2 different errors with no repetition.
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Punctuation & Capitalization
Comma errors, comma splices, apostrophe errors, capitalization errors, semicolon errors, colon errors
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Contains more than 5 different punctuation/capitalization errors.
The identical 3 – 4 errors may be repeated throughout.
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Contains 4 – 5 different punctuation/capitalization errors. The identical 2 – 3 errors may be repeated throughout.
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Contains 2 – 3 different punctuation/capitalization errors. The identical 1 – 2 errors may be repeated throughout.
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Contains 1 punctuation/capitalization error, which may be repeated throughout the interview.
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Contains either no punctuation/capitalization error, or 1 – 2 different errors with no repetition.
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Format
heading,
title,
margins, spacing,
length*,
underlined thesis
*Length for argumentative is 350 words minimum
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Doesn’t meet formatting requirements:
Formatting may be missing four or more elements (either no title, incomplete heading, inappropriate spacing or margins, or thesis not underlined).
Length may not meet minimum requirements.
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Doesn’t meet most formatting requirements:
Formatting may be missing three elements (either no title, incomplete heading, inappropriate spacing or margins, or thesis not underlined).
Length may not meet minimum requirements.
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Meets some formatting requirements:
Formatting may be missing two elements (either no title, incomplete heading, inappropriate spacing or margins, or thesis not underlined).
Length may not meet minimum requirements (an interview that does not meet length minimum will score no higher than 3 in this category)
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Meets most formatting requirements:
Formatting may be missing one element (either no title, incomplete heading, inappropriate spacing or margins, or thesis not underlined).
Length meets minimum requirements of 350 words.
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Meets all requirements.
Formatting is appropriate in terms of heading, title, margins, spacing, underlining thesis.
Length meets minimum requirements of 350 words.
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