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Exemplification Essay Rubric Exemplification Essay Rubric Guidelines for scoring an exemplication essay. Rubric Code: BXBW35A By rachelvincent Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Exemplification Essay
	Poor 1 pts	Emerging 2 pts	Proficient 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Thesis	Poor Thesis is not present or unclear and/or thesis does not address the prompt.	Emerging Thesis is present but is too broad for the essay topic. Thesis may not address the prompt.	Proficient Thesis is present and clearly written but not written well enough to be considered excellent. Thesis addresses the prompt.	Excellent Thesis is clearly and well-written. It addresses the prompt.
Examples-Types	Poor There are not three types of examples. Essay does not include sufficient examples or examples are not appropriate to the essay.	Emerging Essay includes sufficient examples, but examples are not appropriate to the essay, or examples are appropriate, but not enough are included. There are three types of examples but it is not clear what type they are.	Proficient Essay includes sufficient examples or examples that are appropriate to the essay and there are three types; the examples do not qualify as excellent-they may be less creative or not as developed as they could be.	Excellent Essay includes more than enough examples and all examples are appropriate to the essay. There are at least three types and they are excellent choices for supporting the thesis.
Examples-Content	Poor Examples are not present or are not developed in enough detail to be interesting or useful. They may not clearly illustrate the thesis. They may not be interesting or contain vivid details.	Emerging Examples are present but include minimal detail that would make them appealing or useful to the reader. Some may not clearly illustrate the thesis. Some may not be interesting or contain vivid details.	Proficient Examples are present and include sufficient detail to make them interesting or useful to the reader. They clearly illustrate the thesis. They are interesting and contain vivid details.	Excellent Examples are extremely well developed. They clearly illustrate the thesis. They are exceptionally interesting and contain vivid details. They are useful to the reader.
Article Reference	Poor There is not reference to the article.	Emerging There may be a reference to the article but it is not appropriate or not cited and embedded correctly. It may not add to or support the content in a meaningful way.	Proficient There is a solid reference to the article that is embedded and cited in correct MLA format, but it is not sophisticated.	Excellent There is a solid reference to the article. It is sophisticatetly embedded and cited in correct MLA format. It clearly shows the writer is engaging with the text.
Logical Order	Poor The examples within the paragraphs and/or throughout the paper are not arranged in a logical order.	Emerging The examples within the paragraphs and/or throughout the paper are generally arranged in a logical order, though some ideas may not be in an effective order.	Proficient The examples within the paragraphs and/or throughout the paper are arranged in a logical order but do not qualify as excellent.	Excellent The examples within the paragraphs and/or throughout the paper are arranged in a logical and effective order.
Grammar and Mechanics	Poor Essay contains many errors, some of which are distracting to the reader.	Emerging Essay contains many several errors, most are not distracting to the reader.	Proficient Essay contains a few errors, but they are not distracting to the reader.	Excellent Essay contains one or two errors.
Word Count	Poor Word count is not met. It either goes over or is under by more than 50 words.	Emerging Word count is not met. It either goes over or is under by more than 25 words.	Proficient Word count is within at least 25 words of the required amount.	Excellent Word count is met and does not go over.

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