| Range | Thesis/Argument | Organization | Technical Skills | Secondary Source Use | Rough Draft/Outline |
| 18 - 20 | Thesis is brilliantly original, clearly demarcated, and concise. Answers the prompt. Does not list topics. | Organization is clearly demarcated by topic sentences. Paragraphs are neither to short nor too long. The paper has transitions and flows well. | No technical errors. Creative and elegant writing. Appropriate and clever word use. | Cleverly chosen. Argument is clearly understood and is engaged with. | Present in class with a full outline. Participated in group workshop. |
| 16 - 18 | Thesis is original and clearly demarcated, answering the prompt. Does not list three topics. | Topic sentences are present and the thesis is addressed in a multifaceted way, although it may lack clear transitions. | No technical errors; Clear writing. | Well chosen. Argument is understood, and addressed, but not necessarily interrogated. | Present in class with a full outline. Some details are lacking. Participated. |
| 14 - 16 | Thesis is appropriate and normal. May list topics, but does so in an undestandable way. | Topic sentences are present, but are buried in the paper. There is a clear three-point structure anyway. | Some technical errors; Generally average writing, but perhaps boring. | Well chosen. Argument is repeated and agreed with. | Present in class with a minimum outline. Participated in group workshop. |
| 12 - 14 | Thesis is clear and appropriate, if somewhat boring. | Topic sentences are vague or buried in paragraphs. There is no three-paragraph structure. | Technical errors more present. Poor writing style. | Normal choice. Argument is listed. | Present in class, but with no outline. |
| 10 - 12 | Thesis does not directly address the prompt, but is creative and clearly visible anyway. | No topic setences. Paper rambles, but covers a variety of points eventually. Has a clear introduction and conclusion. | Spelling mistakes and grammatical errors are very frequent, almost crippling. | Normal choice. Argument is not given, but peice is cleverly quoted. | NA |
| 8 - 10 | Thesis is vauge and does not address the prompt. | Has a clear introduction and conclusion, but the middle is absolutely vague. | Poor word choice and unclear grammar. Spelling errors are overwhelming. Argument obscured. | Normal choice. Argument not given, but appropriate quotations are given. | NA |
| 6 - 8 | Thesis does not address the prompt - finding it at all is generous. | No introduction. Vague middle, although an attempt to cover some things. Has a conclusion. | Unclear grammar and bad word choice completely obscure argument. | Average choice. Argument not given. Individual quotes used for information, not analysis. | NA |
| 4 - 6 | Thesis does not exist, but there is some sort of point in the intro. | No structure, but an attempt at introducing or concluding the paper | Unclear writing, poor word choice. Clear thesaurus use. Indescernable meaning. | Poor choice. Argument is not given, but some quotes or figures may be used. | NA |
| 2 - 4 | Thesis does not exist, although it could. | No introduction or Conclusion. Middle is vague, but it is clear that there was an attempt to cover multiple topics. | Incomprehensible verbiage, writing above means. | No secondary source, but it looks like some of the information may have been drawn from a source (just not quoted) | NA |
| 0 - 2 | There is no point at all to the paper. | No introduction, conclusion, or attempt to cover multiple topics. Deliberatley vague. | Utterly incomprehensible, with a clear lack of effort. | No secondary source, looks like material is mostly made up. | Did not turn in an outline and did not attend or participate in class workshop. |
| GRADE | ___ / 20 | ___ / 20 | ___ / 20 | ___ / 20 | ___ / 20 |
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