culture and politics in the middle east

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Focus: Your essay establishes its central idea clearly and effectively in the opening paragraph and maintains this focus throughout the essay. Each paragraph is logically linked to the main idea and all sentences within the paragraphs serve to further develop and maintain this focus.	0 1 2 3
Conventions: Your essay's prose is written in grammatically correct English; it has no spelling or grammatical errors; it shows a sound understanding of the structure of a good sentence and paragraph.	0 1 2 3
Organization: Your ideas follow and relate to each other in a logical and effective way. Information is organized within the sentence and paragraph, as well as the paper itself, for maximum rhetorical effectiveness. Also means ideas and topics within the essay are balanced.	0 1 2 3
Sources and References: Your arguments are supported by sources (print or digital), including books, journal articles, websites, etc. Amount of quoted content must not exceed 15% of overall word count.	0 1 2 3
Mechanics, Punctuation, Consistency in referencing style	0 1 2 3
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Rochester Institute of Technology (Dubai)

Instructor: Yahya Haidar

STUDENT NAME: _______________________________________________________________

ID & USER NAME: _______________________________________________________________

SECTION TIME: ________________________________________________________________

I. Essay

II. Presentation

FINAL MARK ( /20): ________