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Writing Rubric 
Rubric Code: E67C2C
By igilman
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: Undergraduate

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1 pts

4

2 pts

3

3 pts

2

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1

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Focus, Purpose, Controlling Idea

5

Engaging development of a clear essay appropriate to the assignment.
4

Competent and well-developed essay, essay represents sound, adequate understanding of the assigned topic.
3

Mostly intelligible ideas; essay is weak, unclear, too broad.
2

Mostly simplistic and unfocused ideas; little or no sense of purpose or control of essay.
1

Ideas are extremely simplistic, showing signs of misunderstanding the prompt; essay is essentially missing or not discernible.
Content, Support & Development

5

Originality and depth of ideas supported by evidence; ideas work together as a unified whole and demonstrates ability to interact with texts; main points supported; support is valid and specific.
4

Ideas supported sufficiently and work together to demonstrate ability to interact with texts; support is sound, valid, and logical.
3

Main points and ideas are only indirectly supported; fair interaction with texts; support isn't sufficient or specific, but is loosely relevant to main points.
2

Insufficient, non-specific and/or Irrelevant support with little or poor interaction with texts.
1

Lack of support for main points; frequent and illogical generalizations without support; and poor or no interaction with texts.
Structure, Orgnization

5

Organization is sequential and appropriate to assignment; paragraphs are well developed and divided; ideas are linked with effective transitions.
4

Competent organization without sophistication; competent paragraph structure; satisfactory transitions.
3

Limited attempts to organize around the essay; paragraphs are mostly stand-alone with weak or non-evident transitions.
2

Organization, while attempted, is unsuccessful. Paragraphs are simple, disconnected and formulaic. Poor transitions and sequence.
1

Organization, if evident at all, is confusing and disjointed; paragraph structure is weak; transitions are missing and/or illogical.
Audience, Tone, Point-of-View

5

Clear discernment of distinctive audience; tone and point-of-view are appropriate to the assignment.
4

Effective and accurate awareness of general audience; tone and point-of-view satisfactory.
3

Little or inconsistent sense of audience related to assignment/purpose; tone and point-of-view not refined or consistent.
2

Shows little awareness of a particular audience; reveals no grasp of appropriate tone and/or point-of-view for given assignment.
1

Lacks awareness of a particular audience for assignment; ton and point-of-view inappropriate or inconsistent.
Sentence Structure (grammar)

5

Sentences are structured effectively, powerfully; rich, well-chosen variety of sentence styles and length.
4

Effective and varied sentences; relatively few sentence structure errors.
3

Formulaic or tedious sentence patterns; shows some errors in sentence construction; some non-standard syntax.
2

Contains many errors of grammar and sentence structure that interfere with meaning.
1

Simple sentences used excessively or exclusively; frequent errors of sentence structure.
Mechanics & Presentation

5

Relatively free of punctuation; spelling, capitalization errors; appropriate format and presentation for assignment.
4

Contains some punctuation, spelling, and or capitalization errors. Few formatting errors. Most errors careless.
3

Contains several punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization errors; several errors in formatting or formatting is inconsistent.
2

Contains many errors of punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization; errors severely interfere with meaning; formatting is weak.
1

Contains many serious errors of punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization; errors severely interfere with meaning; formatting is weak.
Vocabulary & Usage

5

Very good vocabulary range; accurate, correct and effective word usage.
4

Good vocabulary range and accurate usage.
3

Ordinary vocabulary range, mostly accurate; some errors of diction
and usage.
2

More limited vocabulary; errors of diction and usage, while evident, don't interfere with readability.
1

Extremely limited vocabulary choices; poor grasp of diction; usage inaccurate.




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