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Excellent
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Proficient
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Marginal
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Poor
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Construct a coherent, cohesive essay with a clear sense of purpose
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Presents a thesis statement, topic sentences, and transitions that effectively lead a reader through a complex set of ideas.
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Presents a thesis statement with some topic sentences and transitions leading a reader through a set of ideas.
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Presents a thesis statement, but topic sentences and transitions loosely connect a set of ideas.
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Does not present a clear statement and fails to provide topic sentences and transitions.
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Show control over syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling to communicate in a style that is clear and appropriate for the purpose and audience of the assignment.
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Language and style demonstrate awareness of audience and purpose. Displays control over syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
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Language and style demonstrate awareness of audience and purpose, with minor errors of syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
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Language and style occasionally demonstrate a lack of awareness of audience and purpose. Displays several instances of inappropriate syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
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Language and style choices are inappropriate for audience and purpose. Displays significant problems controling syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
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Effectively apply the processes of logical reasoning in evaluating claims or arguments.
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Accurately identities the chapter’s conclusion and at least 3 supporting premises. Analyzes the rhetorical appeals fully
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Conclusion, premises, and rhetorical appeals are accurately identified but analysis could be deeper and/or only has 2 premises
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Conclusion, premises and rhetorical appeals are identified with minor errors and/or has 2 or less premises identified
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Numerous errors are made.
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Construct a well-reasoned argument with appropriate supporting evidence.
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The essay includes a thesis statement that is well supported in the body.
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The essay includes a thesis statement and most of the body supports the conclusion.
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The essay is more of a summary of the chapter and lacks an argumentative structure.
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The essay constructs a fallacious argument, or lacks any kind of structure.
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Appropriately use a documentation style to cite other people’s work.
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Gives credit to the original ideas of others through proper and accurate attribution and citation.
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Gives credit to the original ideas of others through attribution and citation, but with some errors
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Tries to give credit to original ideas of others, but has observable difficulties with basic procedures
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Does not demonstrate how to give credit to the original ideas of others
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