business law court paper

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Grading Criteria for Court Paper

Content The paper...

_____Addresses the topic or question (5 pts)

_____Accurately presents assigned authors' viewpoints (5 pts)

_____Provides sufficient textual evidence to support the observations (5 pts)

_____Relevant issues have been covered (5 pts)

_____The most important issues have been given sufficient consideration (5 pts)

Structure The introduction...

_____Captures the readers attention (5 pts)

_____Includes a clearly stated thesis (5 pts)

_____Indicates how the paper is organized (5 pts)

The body...

_____Contains a complete discussion and support for the issues noted (15 pts)

The conclusion...

_____Recaps the thesis statement and the paper's main points (5 pts)

_____Presents a closing statement of the writer's position (5 pts)

Organization and Development The entire composition

_____Is logically organized (5 pts)

_____Has a solid, logical, well-made argument/discussion with supporting facts (5 pts)

Main Points

_____Are relevant to the thesis statement (5 pts)

_____Are discussed without too much repetition (5 pts)

Style _____Is concise and precise (5 pts)

_____Is free of misspellings (5 pts)

_____Is free of grammatical mistakes (5 pts)

_____ Total Points (100)