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Final Paper Rubric 106 final paper rubric Rubric for final paper in DF Courses Rubric Code: Q9WWB7 By balanc Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Humanities Type: Writing Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Criterion overall grade possibility
	Unacceptable less than 60 points 5.5 pts	Poor 61-70 points 6.5 pts	Fair 71-80 points 7.5 pts	Good 81-90 points 8.5 pts	Excellent 91 points or above 10 pts
Content & Development 50 pts	Unacceptable Does not respond to the assignment, lacks a thesis or central idea, and may neglect to use sources where necessary	Poor - Content is incomplete. - Major points are not clear and /or persuasive.	Fair - Content is not comprehensive and /or persuasive. - Major points are addressed, but not well supported. - Research is inadequate or does not address course concepts.	Good A solid paper, responding appropriately to assignment. Clearly states a thesis/central idea, but may have minor lapses in development. Begins to acknowledge the complexity of central ideas. Shows careful reading of sources, but may not evaluate them critically. Attempts to define terms when necessary, not always successfully.	Excellent Excels in responding to assignment. Interesting, demonstrates sophistication of thought. Central idea/thesis is clearly communicated, worth developing; limited enough to be manageable. Paper recognizes some complexity of its thesis: may acknowledge its contradictions, qualifications, or limits and follow out their logical implications. Understands and critically evaluates its sources, appropriately limits and defines terms.
Organization & Structure 10 pts	Unacceptable No appreciable organization; lacks transitions and coherence.	Poor - Organization and structure detract from the message of the writer. - Paragraph is disjointed and lack transition of thoughts.	Fair - Structure of the paragraph is not easy to follow. - Paragraph transitions need improvement.	Good Shows a logical progression of ideas and uses fairly sophisticated transitional devices; e.g., may move from least to more important idea. Some logical links may be faulty, but each paragraph clearly relates to paper's central idea.	Excellent Uses a logical structure appropriate to paper's subject, purpose, audience, thesis, and disciplinary field. Sophisticated transitional sentences often develop one idea from the previous one or identify their logical relations. It guides the reader through the chain of reasoning or progression of ideas.
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling 10 pts Sizzle	Unacceptable There is nothing new or interesting presented that will capture the attention of the audience.	Poor Presents a "sizzle" but does not develop it!	Fair Has a ""sizzle", it is developed, but needs additional content to support it.	Good Presents something new and develops it but does not capture the attention of the audience	Excellent Presents something new, a demo, hands on proof of concept that captures the attention of the audience and will remember the topic.
Enter Title 10 pts Sizzle	Unacceptable There is nothing new or interesting presented that will capture the attention of the audience.	Poor Presents a "sizzle" but does not develop it!	Fair Has a ""sizzle", it is developed, but needs additional content to support it.	Good Presents something new and develops it but does not capture the attention of the audience	Excellent Presents something new, a demo, hands on proof of concept that captures the attention of the audience and will remember the topic.
Format 15 pts	Unacceptable Uses irrelevant details or lacks supporting evidence entirely. May be unduly brief. Contains no proper citations/footnotes. Evidence of research is insufficient for the paper size.	Poor - Paper lacks many elements of correct formatting. Evidence of research severely lacking and what is there is often improperly cited.	Fair Writer uses generalizations to support points. May use examples, but they may be obvious or not relevant. Often depends on unsupported opinion or personal experience, or assumes that evidence speaks for itself and needs no application to the point being discussed. Often has lapses in logic. Some formatting guidelines are followed.	Good - Paper follows designated guidelines. - Paper is the appropriate length as described for the assignment. Most citations/bibliography items are correct.	Excellent Uses evidence appropriately and effectively, providing sufficient evidence and explanation to convince. Footnotes/bibliography in correct format.
Enter Title 5 pts Articles and citations	Unacceptable Has 5 or less articles, they are irrelevant to the paper, and there is no evidence of citations in the paper.	Poor Has at least 5 articles listed in the bibliography and there is some indication that they are relevant, but there are no citations in the paper.	Fair Has 10 articles and there are some citations, but not enough to show that the paper is well grounded in the research.	Good Has 10 articles, there are citations present to show grounding of the paper in the research, but the citations are not well incorporated into the paper!	Excellent Has 10 articles that have been reviewed and presented in the paper, the bibliography lists all articles and the paper has citations from the articles to support the viewpoints of the author. The citations are well incorporated and add to the credibility of the paper.

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