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Alternative Project: Malcolm Gladwell Analysis AP Essay Rubric - Rhetorical Analysis Rhetorical Analysis Rubric Code: LXXXC98 By jpenaflorida Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

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	Little Success 1 pts	Inadequate 2 pts	Inconsistent/Limited 3 pts	Adequate 3.5 pts	Effective 4 pts	Highly Effective 5 pts
Addresses all the tasks--25 points	Little Success These essays demonstrate minimal understanding of the topic or the passage.	Inadequate These essays are weaker than the 5 score because the writer overlooks or perhaps misreads important ideas in the passage.	Inconsistent/Limited Essays that earn a medium score complete the essay task, but with no special insights; the analysis lacks depth and merely states the obvious. Frequently, the ideas are predictable and the paragraph development weak. Although the writing conveys the writer's ideas, they are presented simplistically and often contain lapses in diction or syntax.	Adequate Medium-scoring essays complete the tasks of the essay topic well - they show some insight but usually with less precision and clarity than high-scoring essays.	Effective High-scoring essays thoroughly address all the tasks of the essay prompt in well-organized responses. Overall, high-scoring essays present thoroughly developed, intelligent ideas; sound and logical organization; strong evidence; and articulate diction.	Highly Effective Meets "effective" requirements and, in addition, are especially sophisticated in their ideas, thorough in their development or impressive in their control of language.
Style Word choice (diction) use of transition, varieyt in syntax and sentence beginnings	Little Success Perhaps unfinished, these essays offer no analysis of the passage and little or no evidence for the student's ideas. Incorrect assertions may be made about the passage.	Inadequate The student may summarize the passage's ideas instead of analyzing them.	Inconsistent/Limited Although the writing conveys the writer's ideas, they are presented simplistically and often contain lapses in diction or syntax.	Adequate There may be lapses in correct diction or sophisticated language, but the essay is generally well written.	Effective The writing demonstrates stylistic sophistication and control over the elements of effective writing, although it is not necessarily faultless.	Highly Effective Meets "effective" requirements and, in addition, are especially sophisticated in their ideas, thorough in their development or impressive in their control of language.
Conventions	Little Success Stylistically, these essays may show consistent grammatical problems, and sentence structure is usually simple and unimaginative.	Inadequate Although the writer's ideas are generally understandable, the control of language is often immature.	Inconsistent/Limited Although the writing conveys the writer's ideas, they are presented simplistically and often contain lapses in diction or syntax.	Adequate Presents thoroughly developed, intelligent ideas; sound and logical organization; strong evidence; and articulate diction.	Effective Overall, high-scoring essays present thoroughly developed, intelligent ideas; sound and logical organization; strong evidence; and articulate diction.	Highly Effective Meets "effective" requirements and, in addition, are especially sophisticated in their ideas, thorough in their development or impressive in their control of language.
Rhetorical Analysis	Little Success Rhetorical analysis essays demonstrate little ability to identify or analyze rhetorical strategies. Sometimes these essays misread the prompt and replace it with easier tasks, such as paraphrasing the passage or listing some strategies the author uses.	Inadequate Rhetorical analysis essays demonstrate little discussion of rhetorical strategies or incorrect identification and/or analysis of those strategies.	Inconsistent/Limited Rhetorical analysis essays demonstrate uneven or insufficient understanding of how rhetorical strategies create an author's point. Often, the writer merely lists what he or she observes in the passage instead of analyzing effect.	Adequate Rhetorical analysis essays demonstrate sufficient examination of the author's point and the rhetorical strategies he uses to enhance the central idea.	Effective Rhetorical analysis essays demonstrate significant understanding of the passage, its intent, and the rhetorical strategies the author employs.	Highly Effective Meets "effective" requirements and, in addition, are especially sophisticated in their ideas, thorough in their development or impressive in their control of language.
Introduction	Little Success attention-getter present; thesis statement present	Inadequate attention-getter present; thesis statement foreshadows organization of essay	Inconsistent/Limited attention-getter present, offers background that ties in to attention-getter; thesis statement foreshadows organization of essay	Adequate attention-getter interesting, offers background that ties in to attention-getter; thesis statement foreshadows organization of essay	Effective Strong, effective attention-getter; offers effective background that explains attention getter; thesis statement is sophisticated; foreshadows organization of essay	Highly Effective Meets "effective" requirements and, in addition, are especially sophisticated in their ideas, thorough in their development or impressive in their control of language.
Conclusion	Little Success Restates thesis; contains other summary material but does not bring argument to logical conclusion	Inadequate Restates thesis and elements of essay; clincher is evident	Inconsistent/Limited Restates thesis and elements of essay that prove point; clincher is evident and ties in with attention getter	Adequate Restates thesis and elements of essay that prove point; clincher is powerful and ties in with attention getter	Effective Restates thesis and elements of essay that prove point; effectively closes the sale:brings points to logical conlusion; clincher is powerful and ties in with attention getter	Highly Effective Meets "effective" requirements and, in addition, are especially sophisticated in their ideas, thorough in their development or impressive in their control of language.
Follows MLA Guidelines	Little Success Missing or non-existent.	Inadequate Major errors present in MLA in-text citation that distract from overall effects.	Inconsistent/Limited Errors present in MLA in-text citation and distracts from overall effects.	Adequate Minors errors present in MLA in-text citation but doesn't distract from overall effects.	Effective Perfectly executed MLA in-text citation	Highly Effective Meets "effective" requirements and, in addition, are especially sophisticated in their ideas, thorough in their development or impressive in their control of language.

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