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History 103: Monograph Response Essay Rubric

Task Description:

Student:

Dimensions

Exemplary/ High Mastery

Competent/ Average Mastery

Developing/ Low Mastery/ Needs Work

Comments

Communication

20%

· Includes creative, original title

· Uses an appropriate variety of detailed and accurate supporting evidence is cited, well integrated, and supports the author’s points

· Uses quotations appropriately

· Sequencing of ideas is logical and effective

· Paragraphs are well-focused and coherent

· Includes title original

· Evidence cited generally detailed and supports the author’s points, but more or greater variety are needed

· Quotations generally work but occasionally interfere with the flow of the writing, seem irrelevant, or need more

· Sequencing of ideas shows some logic, but it is not under complete control

· Paragraphs occasionally lack focus or coherence

· Title is either missing or a copy of monograph assigned

· Evidence cited is seriously lacking in detail, inaccurate or seems to fail to support the author’s points

· Quotations tend to break the flow of the piece, become monotonous, don’t seem to fit, or are not citied

· Sequencing of ideas seems illogical, disjointed, or forced

· Paragraphs generally lack focus or coherence

Critical Thinking

30%

· The paper displays insight and originality of thought

· There is sound and logical analysis that reveals clear understanding of the relevant issues

· There in an appropriate balance of factual reporting, interpretation and analysis, and personal opinion

· The author goes beyond the obvious in constructing interpretation of the reading

· Applicable and accurate details are used to reinforce the author’s arguments

· The paper is convincing and satisfying

· There are some original ideas, but others seem elementary

· Analysis of the relevant issues

· is generally sound, but there are lapses in logic

· The balance between factual reporting, interpretation and analysis, and personal opinion seems skewed

· Paper shows understanding of relevant issues but lacks depth

· Generally accurate details are included but the reader is left with questions—more information is needed to fill in the blanks

· The paper leaves the reader vaguely skeptical and unsatisfied

· There are few original ideas; most seem obvious or elementary

· Analysis is superficial or illogical, the author seems to struggle to understand the relevant issues

· There is a clear imbalance among factual reporting, interpretation and analysis, and personal opinion

· Author appears to misunderstand or omit key issues

· There are few details or most details seem irrelevant

· The paper leaves the reader unconvinced

Content

40%

· There is a clear thesis

· Transitions between ideas are thoughtful and clearly show how ideas connect

· The paper satisfactorily addresses the topic and leaves no important aspect of the topic not addressed

· The author fully answers the question

· Appropriate significance is assigned to the information presented and irrelevant information is rarely included

· Analyses, discussion, and conclusions were explicitly linked to examples, facts, and theories

· There is a thesis but it is ambiguous or unfocused

· Connections between ideas often work well, but some transitions between ideas are fuzzy

· The paper satisfactorily addresses the topic, but more than one important aspect of the topic needs more attention

· The author partially answers the question

· The paper often used information in a way that is inappropriate to its significance or includes too much irrelevant information

· The connection among analyses, discussions, and conclusions is evident or implied, but it is not explicitly linked to examples, facts and theories

· There is no clear thesis

· Connections between ideas are of the confusing or missing

· The paper needs to be substantially more closely related to the topic and many important aspects of the topic left out

· The work seems to be a simple restatement of the assignment or a simple, overly broad answer to the question without substantially answering it

· The author has a poor grasp of the relevant information and frequently uses information inappropriately

· There is no clear connection among analyses, discussions, and examples, facts and theories

Styling and Citations

10%

· Maintains a proper format, APA, MLA or Chicago

· Includes “Works Cited” if APA or MLA employed

· Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are consistent and correct

· Fonts are consistent

· Includes page numbers

· Employs a proper format, errors, while infrequent, exist

· Includes a “Works Cited” page is applicable, but it includes errors

· Errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation exist but are infrequent and not serious enough to distort meaning

· Fonts are inconsistent

· Lacks page numbers

· Has no proper format

· Has no “Works Cited” page although it is applicable

· Errors in grammar and spelling, and punctuation that is missing or incorrect are frequent enough to become distracting and interfere with meaning

· Fonts are inconsistent

· Lacks page numbers

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