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Cause-Effect Essay Cause-Effect Essay Rubric Code: P3X9X2 By baedaebok Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

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	Good 5 pts	Fair 3 pts	Needs Improvement 1 pts	Poor 0 pts	Review Score (N/A)
Date of Submission 5 pts	Good Submitted to the instructor on the assigned date.	Fair One class day late.	Needs Improvement Two class days late.	Poor Three class days late.	Review Score
MLA Format & Length 0 pts	Good The writer followed all MLA Format requirements and the length of the essay is at least 1000 words (4 pages) typed.	Fair The writer followed most of the MLA Format requirements and the essay is at least 1000 words (4 pages) typed.	Needs Improvement The writer followed some of the MLA Format requirements and the essay is at least 1000 words (4 pages) typed.	Poor The writer did not meet most of the MLA Format requirements and the essay is less than 1000 words (4 pages) typed.	Review Score
Works Cited Page 5 pts	Good The writer followed the MLA Format requirements for Works Cited. At least 4 credible sources are included, and one the sources is a printed, published document (book, magazine, periodical, etc.)	Fair The writer followed most of the MLA Format requirements for Works Cited. At least 4 sources are included, and one the sources is a printed, published document (book, magazine, periodical, etc.)	Needs Improvement The writer followed some of the MLA Format requirements for Works Cited. At least 4 sources are included, and one the sources is a printed, published document (book, magazine, periodical, etc.)	Poor The writer did not meet most of the MLA Format requirements for Work Cited. Less than 4 sources included, and one the sources is not or may not be a printed, published document (book, magazine, periodical, etc.)	Review Score
Introduction 5 pts	Good The introduction contains a strong attention-grabbing opening statements, provides sufficient background information, and includes a thesis statement.	Fair The introduction may not contain enough attention-grabbing opening statements, and/or the background information is not sufficiently presented. There is a thesis statement present.	Needs Improvement The introduction contains very few if any attention-grabbing opening statements, and/or the background information is not sufficiently presented. There is no clear thesis statement included in the introduction.	Poor An introduction is not clearly or sufficently presented in the essay.	Review Score
Thesis Statement 10 pts	Good The thesis statement identifies the topic of the essay and outlines the main points to be discussed. The thesis statement is placed correctly.	Fair The thesis statement is vague in how it presents the topic of the essay, and it may outline some of the main points to be discussed. The thesis statement may not be placed correctly.	Needs Improvement The thesis statement is vague in how it presents the topic of the essay, and it does not outline any of the main points to be discussed. The thesis statement may not be placed correctly.	Poor The thesis statement is not clear, or one was not included.	Review Score
Organization and Transitions 5 pts	Good Details are placed in a logical order and the way they are presented effectively keeps the interest of the reader. The essay includes five distinct paragraphs: Introduction, three body paragraphs, and conclusion. A variety of thoughtful transitions are used. They clearly show how the ideas are connected.	Fair Some details may not be in a logical order or expected order, and this distracts the reader. The essay includes five paragraphs: Introduction, three body paragraphs, and conclusion; however, they may not be clearly presented. Most transitions work well; but connections between other ideas are unclear.	Needs Improvement Many details are not in a logical order or expected order. There is little sense that the writing is organized and/or the essay does not include five paragraphs. Some transitions work well; but connections between other ideas are unclear or nonexistant.	Poor Most of the details are not in a logical or expected order. The writing is clearly not well organized and/or thought out. The essay does not include five paragraphs: Introduction, three body paragraphs, and conclusion. The transitions between ideas are unclear or nonexistant.	Review Score
Topic Sentences 5 pts	Good Topic sentences are clearly presented and accurately follow the order outlined by the thesis statement	Fair Most topic sentences are recognizable, but one sentence is out of place or needs to closely align with the thesis.	Needs Improvement Some or a few topic sentences are apparent, but at least two sentences need to closely align with the thesis.	Poor The essay does not contain any apparent topic sentences.	Review Score
Body: Cause-Effect 10 pts (Connections)	Good Includes 3 clear cause/effect relationships which are logical and clarify the cause-effect relationship for the audience.	Fair Includes 3 cause/effect relationships, some lack clarification of the cause-effection relationship for the audience.	Needs Improvement Includes 3 cause/effect relationships, many lack clarification of the cause-effection relationship for the audience.	Poor Includes less than 3 cause/effect relationships, and they may lack clarification of the cause-effect relationship for the audience.	Review Score
Support for the Topic 10 pts (Content)	Good At least 4 pieces of specific, complex, and thoroughly examined evidence are used. Evidence is quoted, summarized, or paraphrased, and clearly supports the writer's cause-effect thesis statement. The evidence included is not the primary focus in the essay.	Fair At least 4 pieces of evidence are included, but they are not thoroughly explained or examined. Evidence may not be specific and/or does not support the writer's cause-effect thesis statement. The evidence included may or may not be the primary focus in the essay.	Needs Improvement Writer does not include at least 4 pieces of textual evidence. The evidence is not specific; it is simple and not fully explored. Evidence does not support the writer's cause-effect thesis statement. The evidence included is the primary focus in the essay.	Poor Writer does not include any textual evidence, or there may be too much evidence (citations) and not enough of the writer's supporting statements and/or evidence in the essay.	Review Score
Citation 5 pts	Good Source information is quoted, summarized, or paraphrased, and the information is cited using proper parenthetical (in-text)citation.	Fair Source information is quoted, summarized, or paraphrased, and most of the information is cited using proper parenthetical (in-text citation.	Needs Improvement Source information is quoted, summarized, or paraphrased; however, only some of the information is cited using parenthetical (in-text)citation.	Poor Source information is quoted, summarized, or paraphrased; however, little of the information is cited using parenthetical (in-text) citation.	Review Score
Adding Personality 5 pts (Voice)	Good The writer seems to be writing from knowledge or experience. The author has taken the ideas and made them "his own."	Fair The writer seems to be drawing on knowledge or experience, but there is some lack of ownership of the topic.	Needs Improvement The writer relates some of his own knowledge or experience, but it adds nothing to the discussion of the topic.	Poor The writer has not tried to transform the information in a personal way. The ideas and the way they are expressed seem to belong to someone else.	Review Score
Conclusion 5 pts	Good	Fair	Needs Improvement	Poor There was no clear conclusion. It lacked too many of the components necessary in a conclusion paragraph.	Review Score
Grammar & Spelling 10 pts (Grammar, Spelling, Mechanics, and Word Choice)	Good The writer makes a few or no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Fair The writer makes some errors in grammar and spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Needs Improvement The writer makes many errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Poor The writer is consistently making too many errors in grammar and spelling that causes the reader to be unable to comprehend the content of the paper.	Review Score

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