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Argumentative Essay Rubric

Content Organization and Coherence Lexical Resource Grammatical Range

and Accuracy

24-25

- expresses a clear, fully-developed central

argument in response to the article with

relevant, extended, and well-supported ideas

and evidence

- demonstrates acute critical thinking skills

- uses cohesion in such a way that it attracts no attention

- includes a full introduction (hook, background, thesis) and

conclusion

- presents a clear central topic within each paragraph and

develops it fully and clearly

- skillfully uses a range of cohesive devices

- uses a wide range of

vocabulary with very

natural and sophisticated

control of lexical features;

rare minor errors occur only

as ‘slips’

- uses a wide range of

structures with full

flexibility and accuracy;

rare minor errors occur

only as ‘slips’

22-23

- expresses a clear central argument in

response to the article with relevant, and well-

supported ideas and evidence, though some

ideas may not be fully developed

- demonstrates adequate critical thinking skills

- sequences information and ideas logically most of the

time

- includes a fairly clear introduction and conclusion

- uses paragraphing sufficiently and appropriately

- uses a range of cohesive devices but with some minor

inaccuracies

- uses a sufficient range of

vocabulary and uncommon

words, though there may

be occasional inaccuracies

in word choice and

collocation

- uses a sufficient range of

structures

- the majority of sentences

are error-free with

occasional errors or

inappropriacies

19-21

- expresses a central argument in response to

the article, though the argument and evidence

may be unclear, underdeveloped, or unrelated

to the reading

- demonstrates basic critical thinking skills

- generally sequences information and ideas logically,

though it may take the reader some effort to follow

- an introduction and a conclusion are present, but they

may not be sufficiently developed

- uses paragraphing sufficiently, but the central topic of

some paragraphs is unclear at times

- uses somewhat limited but generally sufficient cohesive

devices

- uses an adequate range

of vocabulary

- inaccuracies in word

choice and collocation may

be common but do not fully

impede communication

- uses an adequate range

of structures

- makes somewhat

frequent errors but they do

not fully impede

communication

15-18

- the argument does not clearly respond to the

article and ideas are unclear and under-

developed

- demonstrates inadequate critical thinking

skills

- presents information with some organization but there

may be a lack of overall progression

- the introduction and conclusion are insufficient

- paragraphs are difficult to parse and often do not have a

central topic

- use of cohesive devices is frequently inadequate

- uses a limited range of

vocabulary and may make

noticeable errors in word

choice and formation

- uses a limited range of

structures

- makes frequent errors

which may impede

communication

1-14

- does not present an argument

- the response does not relate to the reading

- does not organize ideas logically

- no introduction or conclusion are present

- paragraphs do not have a central topic

- use of cohesive devices is mostly inadequate

- uses an extremely limited

range of vocabulary

- attempts sentence forms

but errors in grammar

predominate and distort

meaning

0 Did not complete the assignment.