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Rubric

A (100-95)  An excellent paper whose content offsets

visible infelicities.

 Artistic or creative flair

 Same as A-

A- (90)  There is a clear thesis that answers the

question,

 Proper in-text citations,

 Clear and ordered discussion of sources,

 Is grammatically professional,

 Contains a proper MLA Works Cited page

with only very minor errors.

B+ (87)  There is a proper thesis

 Clear and ordered discussion of sources,

 Proper use in-text citations,

 Few grammatical issues,

 Contains a proper MLA Works Cited page

that has minor issues.

B (85)  There is an evident thesis but it is

ambiguous or weak,

 Cursory discussion of source and little

structure,

 Language/grammar that is mostly clear,

 Proper use of in-text citations.

 Contains a proper MLA Works Cited page

that has issues.

B- (80)  There is an evident thesis but it is

ambiguous or weak,

 Cursory discussion of sources,

 Language/grammar that is barely clear,

 Some proper use of in-text citations.

Contains a proper MLA Works Cited page

that has minor issues.

C+ (77)  There is a weak thesis,

 No discussion of sources,

 No in-text citations.

 Contains a proper MLA Works Cited page

that has serious issues.

C (75)  There is a weak thesis,

 Only mentions but doesn’t discuss

sources

 No in-text citations.

 Contains a proper MLA Works Cited page

that has serious issues.

C- (70)  There is barely a thesis,

 Doesn't discuss the sources

 No in-text citations.

 Contains a proper MLA Works Cited page

that has serious issues.

D+ (65)  There is barely a thesis,

 No discussion of sources,

 No in-text citations,

 Incomplete sections or missing elements.

 SPECIAL CASE: a paper that uses sources

other than those we have discussed in

class will not achieve anything higher

than this score, even if the paper is

excellent.

F (50)  The paper has been turned in, but it is

irremediably incomplete.

 The paper at the very least struggles to

interact with the subject matter.

0 (0)  Nothing has been turned in.