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1) Summary
Summary describes some ideas from the article but details may not be accurate. Summary does not show an understanding of the overall argument/ position of the article.
Summary describes most ideas from the article, with mostly accurate details. Summary shows a partial understanding of the overall argument/ position of the article.
Summary accurately describes ideas from the article. Summary shows a general understanding of the overall argument/ position of the article.
Summary accurately describes ideas from the article. Summary shows a good understanding of the overall argument/ position of the article.
Summary describes ideas from the article in a nuanced way. Summary shows an insightful understanding of the overall argument/ position.
2) Critique of the article
Critique may be at the level of isolated ideas. Review may describe instead of evaluating the article, present isolated, vague arguments or focus on minor aspects of the article.
Critique may be at the level of individual ideas. Review may at times describe instead of evaluating. Some arguments may be very general, incorrect or focus on minor aspects of the article.
Critique partly examines the overall argument/ position. Review evaluates most key aspects of the article, although some arguments may be general.
Critique examines the overall argument/ position. Review evaluates key aspects of the article with specific arguments.
Critique demonstrates an excellent understanding of the argument/ position in terms of theoretical framework and connections to other research. Review insightfully evaluates evidence, conclusions and implications presented in the article
3) Organization
It is extremely difficult to distinguish main ideas from supporting ideas. Logical organisation of ideas may be unclear or highly repetitive. May use few or inappropriate transitions.
Review is generally organised into paragraphs although main ideas may be implied rather than clearly stated. Logical organisation of ideas/ transitions may be unclear or repetitive in places.
Review is organised into paragraphs. Main ideas are explicitly stated, although logical organisation of ideas/ transitions may be faulty at times.
Review has a strong paragraph structure which clearly highlights main ideas. There is a logical progression of ideas within and between paragraphs.
Review clearly highlights main ideas. There is a sophisticated logical progression of ideas; e.g. may move from least to more important idea.
4) Referencing Review provides few, if any, necessary citations. Bibliography is missing or incomplete.
Review is missing many necessary citations. Citations and bibliography are not consistently formatted.
Review does not provide all citations that are necessary. Citations and bibliography contain numerous formatting errors.
Review integrates appropriate citations with some success. Citations and bibliography contain a few formatting errors.
Review integrates appropriate citations very well. Citations and bibliography are correctly formatted.
5) Language & style
The language severely affects meaning or is inappropriate for the purpose: • many grammatical,
punctuation and spelling errors
• highly conversational, wordy or clichéd
In several places, the language affects meaning or is inappropriate for the purpose: • some grammatical,
punctuation and spelling errors
• somewhat conversational, wordy or clichéd
Occasionally, the language affects meaning or is inappropriate for the purpose: • rare grammatical,
punctuation and spelling errors
• occasionally conversational, wordy or clichéd
The language and style are accurate and appropriate. The quality of the writing is so good that the reader may not notice it.
The language and style are accurate, appropriate and vivid. The choice of words and variety of sentence structures make the work highly readable and memorable.