College Eenglish

Paper includes

YES

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In-text citations

References Page (APA)

Focus and Organization: __%

Superior/ Advanced

(85-100%)

Very Good

(61-84%)

Fair

(41-60%)

Below Expectations

(20-40%)

INC

· Thesis Statement/Main Message is a clear, focused, specific, and creative arguable claim.

· Assignment is logically organized and unified; the logical connection between content and Thesis Statement/Main Message is clear.

· Specified organizational components consistently met

· Thesis Statement/Main Message is a clear, focused, and specific arguable claim.

· Assignment is mostly logically organized and unified; the logical connection between content and Thesis Statement/Main Message is mostly clear.

· Specified organizational components mostly met.

· Thesis Statement/Main Message is somewhat clear, focused, and specific; Thesis Statement/Main Message is not an arguable claim or lacks clear direction.

· Assignment is somewhat logically organized and unified; the logical connection between content and Thesis Statement/Main Message is somewhat clear.

· Specified organizational components somewhat met

· Thesis Statement/Main Message is not clear, focused, specific, or arguable.

· Assignment is not logically organized or unified; the logical connection between content and Thesis Statement/Main Message is unclear.

· Specified organizational components are not met

Incomplete

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Development and Analysis: __%

Superior/ Advanced

(85-100%)

Very Good

(61-84%)

Fair

(41-60%)

Below Expectations

(20-40%)

INC

· Students' claims are consistently supported with appropriate, relevant, logical, convincing, and creative evidence.

· Evidence is critically and logically explained through analysis that is varied and fully detailed.

· Specified development and analysis components consistently met

· Students' claims are mostly supported with appropriate, relevant, logical, and convincing evidence.

· Most evidence is logically explained through analysis that is varied and detailed.

· Specified development and analysis components mostly met

· Students' claims are supported with some appropriate, relevant, and logical evidence.

· Evidence is somewhat explained, but how the selected evidence proves the thesis may be unclear.

· Specified development and analysis components somewhat met

· Students' claims are supported with very little evidence.

· Evidence is insufficiently and/or illogically explained.

· Specified development and analysis components are not met

Incomplete

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Style: __%

Superior/ Advanced

(85-100%)

Very Good

(61-84%)

Fair

(41-60%)

Below Expectations

(20-40%)

INC

· Language is clear, accurate, concise, and creative.

· Language and tone are audience-appropriate.

· Quotations and paraphrases from sources are effectively and seamlessly integrated.

· Sentences are varied and engaging.

· Specified style components consistently met

· Language is mostly clear, accurate, and concise.

· Language and tone are mostly audience-appropriate.

· Quotations and paraphrases are mostly effectively integrated.

· Sentences are mostly varied and engaging.

· Specified style components mostly met

· Language is somewhat clear, accurate, and concise.

· Language and tone are somewhat audience-appropriate.

· Some effective integration of quotations and paraphrases.

· Sentences are somewhat varied and engaging.

· Specified style components somewhat met

· Language is mostly unclear, inaccurate, and not concise.

· Language and tone are not audience-appropriate.

· Few effectively integrated quotations and paraphrases.

· Sentences are not varied or engaging.

· Specified style components are not met

Incomplete

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Grammar and Mechanics: __%

Superior/ Advanced

(85-100%)

Very Good

(61-84%)

Fair

(41-60%)

Below Expectations

(20-40%)

NR/

INC

· Free of grammar and spelling errors.

· Free of mechanical errors.

· Specified grammar and mechanics components consistently met

· Very few grammar and spelling errors.

· Very few mechanical errors (fragments, comma splices, run-ons, misuse of punctuation).

· Specified grammar and mechanics components mostly met

· Some grammar and spelling errors.

· Some mechanical errors (fragments, comma splices, run-ons, misuse of punctuation).

· Specified grammar and mechanics components somewhat met

· Many grammar and spelling errors.

· Many mechanical errors (fragments, comma splices, run-ons, misuse of punctuation).

· Specified grammar and mechanics components not met

Incomplete

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APA Referencing: __%

Superior/ Advanced

(85-100%)

Very Good

(61-84%)

Fair

(41-60%)

Below Expectations

(20-40%)

INC

· In-text citations for quotations and paraphrases are consistently correct.

· APA references are completely correct.

· Format requirements are consistently correct.

· In-text citations for quotations and paraphrases are mostly correct.

· APA references are mostly correct.

· Format requirements are mostly correct.

· In-text citations for quotations and paraphrases are somewhat correct.

· APA references are somewhat correct.

· Format requirements are somewhat correct.

· In-text citations for quotations are mostly incorrect.

· APA references are mostly incorrect.

· Format requirements are mostly incorrect.

Incomplete

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