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F111 Final Paper 
Essay Question Evaluation
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Rubric Code: H8B8W9
By RWiggins
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Subject: Humanities  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: Undergraduate

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Introduction
10 pts

Thesis statement: 4pts
Project Description: 4pts
Connection to paper body: 3pts
Excellent

- Central
idea/thesis is clearly communicated and connected to course content.
- Includes a clear description of project subject. Makes a clear connection to the paper outline.
Good

- Clearly states a thesis/central idea, but may have minor issues in the description of the project subject.
May not make a precise connection to the content and outline of the paper.
Fair

- The thesis/central idea is unclear.
- The description of the project is adequate but not logically connected to the thesis statement.
- The connection to the content and outline of the paper is ambiguous or illogical.
Poor

- Lacks central idea/thesis.
- Does not offer a description of the project.
- Does not make a clear connection to the content and outline of the paper.
Sound
15 pts

Excellent

15-13pts

- Provides a concise and clear description of the musical sound that is explicitly connected to the main argument.
- Effectively uses course terms and categories to describe music and soundscape (instrumentation, meter, genre)
Good

12-9pts

- Provides a clear description of the musical sound but has some issues connecting this description to the main argument.
- Uses course terms and categories to describe the music that are generally appropriate with minor errors.
Fair

8-5pts

- The description of the sound is too brief or detached from the main argument.
- Incorrectly or marginally uses course terms and categories to describe music.
Poor

4-0pts

- Description of sound is nearly nonexistent and completely disconnected from the main argument.
- Course terms are completely absent.
Setting
10 pts

Excellent

10-9pts

- Provides a clear and concise discussion of the setting including but not limited to the venue as well as the audience that is explicitly connected to the main argument.
Good

8-6pts

- Provides a clear discussion of the setting but includes information that is irrelevant or tangentially connected to the main argument.
Fair

5-4pts

- Discussion of the setting is too brief and/or provides a description with only a minimal attempt to make a connection to the main argument.
Poor

3-0pts

- Discussion of the setting focuses on irrelevant information and makes no attempt to make a connection to the main argument of the paper.
Significance
25 pts

Excellent

25-23pts

- Clear exposition of the previously stated argument.
- Analysis makes thoughtful connections between major course concepts and collected fieldwork data.
- Conclusions are logically deduced based on solid ethnographic data.
Good

22-18pts

- Shows a solid exposition of stated argument but briefly drifts off topic or addresses unrelated issues.
- Analysis makes solid connections between major course concepts and collected fieldwork data.
- Conclusions are mostly logical but appear to be based on inadequate or questionable ethnographic information.
Fair

17-11pts

- Inadequately expounds upon the stated argument. Veers off topic for much of the analysis.
- Analysis is surface and/or makes minimal connections course concepts. Offers unsupported
opinions to make arguments.
- Conclusions are partially logical or ethnographic data is insufficient.
Poor

10-0
pts.
- Does not expound upon the stated argument.
- Analysis is nearly non existent or makes minimal/obscure connections to course topics.
- Conclusions are not logical and are not supported by ethnographic data.
Command of Topic and Resources
15 pts

Use of Ethnographic data: 10pts
Use of Print resources: 5pts
Excellent

- Uses evidence appropriately and
effectively, providing sufficient
evidence and explanation to
convince.
- Logical use of quotes
- Effectively uses print resources to support ethnographic data
- Balance of description and analysis throughout the paper.
Good

Uses evidence
effectively, but may have problems providing sufficient
evidence and explanation to
convince of major points.
- Some minor issues supporting ethnographic data with relevant print resources.
- Logical use of quotes.
- Analysis is clear and effective but at times overpowered by description.
Fair

- Writer uses generalizations to support points. May use examples, but
they may not be relevant.
- Uses print sources but they do not effectively support ethnographic data. Or relevant ethnographic data appears to be missing.
- Quotes are inconsistently used.
- Analysis is not unclear or the writer relies more heavily on description than effective analysis.
Poor

- The writer does not adequately support main points. Examples are largely missing.
- Print sources and ethnographic data are disconnected or insufficient.
- Quotes are irrelevant or largely missing from the paper.
- Both analysis and description are truncated and unclear.
Essay Skills
25 pts

Organization/Format: 10pts
Grammar: 5pts
Citations: 10pts
Excellent

- Uses a logical structure appropriate
to paper's subject, purpose, audience,
thesis.
- Sentence style
fits paper's audience and purpose.
- Almost entirely free of spelling,
punctuation, and grammatical errors.
- Citations are correctly formatted in the Chicago Style.
Good

- Shows a logical progression of ideas
and uses fairly sophisticated
transitional sentences. e.g.
- Some logical links may be faulty,
but each paragraph clearly relates to
paper's central idea.
- Wording is clear and precise. Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are mostly followed.
- Spelling is correct. Citations are mostly correct with few errors.
Fair

- Structure of paragraphs is not easy to follow.
Paragraph transitions need improvement. Logical links not connected.
- Language lacks clarity or includes the use of some jargon/ conversational tone.
- Paper contains several grammatical, punctuation and/or spelling
errors, which may
confuse the reader.
- Citations are mostly incorrect, but an attempt to use uniform citations has been made.
Poor

- Organization and structure detract from the message of the writer.
- Language uses jargon or conversational tone.
Paper contains numerous grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors.
- There is missing citation and/or citation is uniform.






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