Philosophy assigment

Content

Organization

General

Citations

Value: 20-30 pts

Value: 20-30 pts

Value: 10-20 pts

Value: 10-20 pts

The paper/presentation follows the instructions in the prompt.

Research is original. All analysis are original.

Analysis is focused and deep and goes beyond surface meanings, explaining the text/game to the audience.

The evidence used and the arguments made to prove the thesis is relevant and provides proof for it.

Analysis remains focused on proving the thesis. There are no irrelevant tangents.

Introduction is clear and to the point, with no extraneous background.

Thesis is clear and explicit and explains what the paper will do and how.

Paper/presentation is the length indicated in the assignment prompt

Writing is clear and readable,  and has been edited for grammar.

For video games, analysis focuses on ludological analysis.

There are numerous (4+ textual and/or media citations).

All authors quoted, paraphrased or analyzed are cited.

For art, the paintings being analyzed are included for the audience to look at.

All citations are in the appropriate formats linked in the tutorial.

Citation formatting is consistent.

There is a works cited page, in the proper format.

Value: 10-20 pts

Value: 10-20 pts

Value: 5-10 pts

Value: 5-10 pts

The paper/presentation mostly follows the instructions in the prompt.

Research is original. Contribution and analysis are original.

 Analysis is mostly focused, sometimes goes off track, but attempts to carefully analyze the text/media.

Only some passages from the text/media are cited/used.

Analysis is mostly focused but sometimes goes off track.

Introduction contains some extraneous and irrelevant background, but still explains clearly what the author plans to do and how they plan to do it.

There is no thesis, but paper seems to have a general direction appropriate to the questions asked.

Evidence cited and arguments made attempt to prove the thesis, but sometimes/often go on tangents.

Paper/presentation  >1 page shorter than the length stated in the assignment.

The paper/presentation sometimes follows any special the instructions in the assignment.

Writing is mostly clear and readable, but is sometimes fragmentary/confusing/lacks editing.

For video games, analysis only sometimes focuses on ludological analysis.

There are some (3+ textual and/or media citations).

Most authors quoted, paraphrased of analyzed are cited.

For art, the paintings being analyzed are included.

Most citations are in the formats linked in the assignment.

Citation formatting is mostly consistent.

There is a works cited page, in mostly the proper format.

Value: 0-10 pts

Value: 0-10 pts

Value: 0-10 pts

Value:  0-4 pts

Paper does not/poorly follow the instructions in the prompt.

Contribution and analysis is not original/is found in online sources.

Thesis is weak or non-existent. Analysis is mostly unfocused and only occasionally attempts to carefully analyze the text/media.

Evidence cited and argumentation sometimes attempt to prove the thesis, but sometimes/often go on tangents.

There is no introduction.

There is a short introduction which is either historical information, background information, or other irrelevant information.

What the author will do/show in the analysis is unclear.

Paper/presentation more than 1 page shorter than the length stated in the assignment.

The paper/presentation rarely follows any special the instructions in the assignment.

Writing is mostly clear and readable, but is sometimes fragmentary/confusing/lacks editing.

For video games, analysis is not ludological analysis.

There are some (2 or fewer) textual and/or media citations.

None of the authors quoted, paraphrased or analyzed are cited.

For art, the paintings being analyzed are not included.

Citations are improperly formatted or not present.

Citation formatting is inconsistent.

Works cited page is improperly formatted or is missing.