Persuasive term paper

Term Paper Health Law & Ethics

“A” Paper

“B” Paper

“C” Paper

“D/F” Paper

Total

Points

CLARITY

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INTENTION

(30)

· Takes a clear position and supports it consistently with well-chosen reasons and/or examples; may use persuasive strategy to convey an argument.

· Original thought or approach.

· Demonstrates a clear intention that is responsive to the assigned task.

· Contextualizes the topic or texts to be analyzed.

· Takes a clear position and supports it with relevant reasons and/or examples through much of the essay

· Demonstrates an adequate focus on assigned task.

· Argument is fairly obvious, clear, and concise.

· Takes a clear position and supports it with some relevant reasons and/or examples; there is some development of the essay, overall the essay is underdeveloped.

· Demonstrates an attempt to answer assigned task, but is vague and is made of statements rather than arguments.

· Takes a position and provides uneven support; may lack development in parts or be repetitive OR essay is no more than a well-written beginning.

· Position is unclear and provides minimal to no support, may only paraphrase the prompt.

· Demonstrates minimal attention to the assigned task.

· Paper makes no argument and has no direction.

CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

(25)

· Content explores complex ideas that are used to shape compelling work.

· Provides ample evidence to support arguments.

· Employs logical and smooth writing.

· Content demonstrates consideration of new ideas that are used to shape solid work.

· Provides some, but not enough, evidence to support main point.

· Somewhat logical, but at times wanders.

· Content demonstrates attention to simple ideas that are evident in the work.

· Student did not master the material due to shallow researching and careless reading.

· Difficult to follow, full of digressions.

· Content demonstrates consideration of simple ideas that are evident in some elements of the paper.

· Thoughts are unclear and unconnected.

STRUCTURE

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ORGANIZATION

(20)

· Careful statement of thesis.

· Strong topic sentences and paragraph connections.

· Compelling conclusion organically following from the earlier ideas expanded in the paper.

· Contextualizes the topic and text to be analyzed. Uneven in paragraph construction and connections.

· Conclusion does not support thesis very well.

· Paper does not provide context. Paragraphs do not have topic sentences and are randomly organized.

· Conclusion is weak and hastily added at the end of the paper.

· There is no opening paragraph or thesis. Paragraphs and sentences are disjointed.

· No conclusion.

RESEARCH

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USE OF SOURCES

(15)

· Skillfully uses at least five scholarly sources that do not always agree.

· Cites primary sources as evidence to support well developed ideas.

· Competently uses at least five relevant scholarly sources that all agree with each other and cites primary sources as evidence to support well‐developed ideas.

· Uses less than five scholarly sources that all agree with each other.

· Sources sometimes are not relevant.

· Often relies on personal assumptions not based on evidence.

· Attempts to use some sources and evidence to support ideas, but mostly relies on personal assumptions.

LANGUGAGE

& FORMATTING

(10)

· Careful editing;

· Proper margins, spacing, footnoting, quotations, pagination and bibliographical citations using APA Style.

· Flawless spelling, grammar, typography and punctuation. Respects required length specified in assignment.

· Written in own words.

· Uses information and sources ethically and legally.

· Some spelling and grammatical errors.

· Respects required length specified in assignment.

· Adequate use of APA Style.

· Written in own words.

· Uses information/sources ethically and legally.

· Use of slang, colloquial expressions or other informal speech.

· Many spelling and grammatical errors.

· Poor or no use APA Style

· May not follows assignment plan and has poor or no transitions.

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· Length of paper is significantly shorter than required in the assignment.

· Language is informal, not respecting the standards of an academic paper.

· Numerous spelling, grammatical, and typographical errors.

· Very Poor or no use of APA

100

100-90

89-80

79-70

69-0