The 4 Essay: (100 - 90)
- features an introductory paragraph that includes a restatement of the question, a definition of terms (where appropriate), a thesis, and a roadmap that introduces the analytical categories to be developed.
- is clearly organized with body paragraphs arranged in the order of the roadmap.
- contains a clear baby thesis for each body paragraph.
- uses a reasonable number of documents and includes document citation.
- provides evidence from the documents that supports the claim of the baby thesis.
- demonstrates analytical skills such as seeing close detail, synthesis, finding inconsistencies, questioning author bias, and making judgements.
- provides an argument or warrant in each body paragraph that addresses the baby thesis.
- concludes with a paragraph that clinches the argument with a succinct summary and/or fresh wrinkle.
- is well-written with few or no errors in sentence structure, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.
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The 3 Essay: (89 - 80)
- features an introductory paragraph that includes a restatement of the question, a definition of terms (where appropriate), a thesis, and a roadmap that introduces the analytical categories to be developed.
- is clearly organized with body paragraphs arranged in the order of the roadmap.
- contains a clear baby thesis for each body paragraph.
- incorporates a reasonable number of the documents but may not always include citations.
- accurately interprets most, but not all, documents cited.
- in most body paragraphs, includes an argument that ties the evidence to the baby thesis.
- concludes with a paragraph that restates the thesis and may summarize the argument.
- is quite will-written, but includes some errors in grammar and spelling.
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The 2 Essay: (79 - 70)
- addresses the question, but lacks some focus.
- has a functional introductory paragraph containing a stated or recognizable thesis and roadmap.
- has a recognizable organization with main ideas divided into paragraphs; body paragraphs may not be in the same order as the roadmap.
- contains reference to several documents, but there could easily be more.
- contains some effort at document analysis.
- often lacks a warrant; does not clearly explain how evidence answers the question.
- has some sort of concluding paragraph; may be unnecessarily repetitative.
- is generally written with complete sentences, but contains too many errors in verb tense, agreement, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.
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The 1 Essay: (Below 70 - re-write required - no essay accepted below 70)
- is inadequate in addressing or identifying the question.
- is often lacking a clear thesis, stated or implied.
- has unclear organization; including no roadmap, or body paragraphs that do not follow in an order suggested by the roadmap.
- makes reference to few documents; citations are missing; documents are often misunderstood.
- the warrant in each body paragraph is missing.
- contains serious errors in sencence structure and mechanics.
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