llmmt: memo and write 500 words paper

Written communication Students will write effectively for business by focusing on the audience, purpose, tone, and the design of various business documents.

4 3 2 1 Thesis and Organization

Clear and concise thesis; logical organization of ideas; well supported by compelling arguments, examples or evidence.

Clear thesis; logical organization of ideas; supported by appropriate arguments, examples or evidence.

Vague thesis; poorly organized ideas; partially supported by arguments, examples or evidence.

No thesis; unorganized ideas; unsupported by arguments, examples or evidence.

Audience awareness (tone, style)

Effectively uses appropriate content, language, and tone for the audience. Appropriately uses discipline specific jargon, if applicable.

Conveys an accurate sense of audience; uses language largely appropriate to target audience.

Inconsistent sense of audience; uses language inappropriate to target audience.

No consideration of audience in content, language or tone.

Grammar and mechanics

Demonstrates superior ability with sentence structure, language usage and spelling.

Demonstrates good/adequate control of sentence structure, language usage and spelling, but may have minor errors that do not interfere with meaning.

Demonstrates weak control of sentence structure, language usage and spelling, with errors that result in lack of clarity.

Demonstrates serious and frequent problems in sentence structure, language usage, and spelling, with errors that obscure meaning or result in incoherence.

Presentation and References

Document is crisp, and professional; uses appropriate references and formatting.

Document looks neat; violates few formatting rules. Includes few incomplete or inappropriate references.

Document looks fairly neat; violates some formatting rules. Some references are incomplete or used inappropriately.

Document looks untidy and does not follow basic formatting rules. References not utilized where needed.

Tables, graphs, illustrations, diagrams, etc. (if applicable)

Tables, graphs, illustrations or diagrams are designed effectively, easy to interpret and support the thesis.

Tables, graphs, illustrations or diagrams are supportive of the thesis.

Tables, graphs, illustrations or diagrams are missing where needed or irrelevant.

Tables, graphs, illustrations or diagrams are distracting or confuse the reader.