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Writing Assessment Canons of Rhetoric 
Writing Assessment Canons of Rhetoric
This rubric goes with a workshop on assessment for NCTC.
Rubric Code: S29X2B
By shanen
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
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Canons of Rhetoric
  Outstanding

4 pts

Good

3 pts

Troublesome

2 pts

Failing

1 pts

Invention

Since invention concerns finding something to say, we include those holistic elements—audience and purpose—in this category (Chap 2, K&M). Furthermore, since we often establish a topic or prompt, proper attending to the prompt or the form (rhetorical strategy or aim), we assess that, too (cf: 56b in Aaron).
Outstanding

Audience targeted / Purpose appropriate / Insight & imagination / Fluency / Originality
Good

Audience clear / Purpose stated / Conventional ideas / Appropriate content / Sufficient elaboration
Troublesome

Audience questionable / Purpose blurred / Vague central idea / Confused address to aim or prompt / Insufficient elaboration
Failing

Audience ignored / Unfocused / Wrong prompt, strategy, or aim / Too little to assess
Arrangement

Arrangement concerns the ordering of the text including both coherence and cohesion where coherence is tied to the old/new contract while cohesion refers to transitions. Conventional organization is the five-paragraph essay (Chap 3-4: K&M; Chap 6: Aaron).
Outstanding

Coherent flow / Figures of repetition / Creative title
Good

Conventional format / Some transitions / Minor shift in thought
Troublesome

Organization attempted / Lacks transitions / Major shifts in thought / Lacks introduction or conclusion
Failing

One or two paragraphs / Disjointed / Illogical
Style

Style concerns the craft of word choice and figure development. It addresses tone, voice, and diction. Often considered the most rhetorical, it expresses HOW the writing impacts the audience, but without superficial layering of vocabulary and figures (Pt 3: Aaron; K&M: p 74-76).
Outstanding

Distinctive voice / Consistent and appropriate tone / Academic vocabulary / Concise / Lively diction / Active verbs / Effective devices / Varied sentences
Good

Competent / Appropriate tone / Conventional diction / Occasional wordiness / Occasional pronoun shift / Effective description / Some weak verbs / Stylistic shortcomings (you) / Slang / Occasional Engfish
Troublesome

Awkward word choice / Inconsistent diction / Inappropriate tone, impolite, brusque / Engfish / Persistent pronoun shift / Overly familiar / Wordy / Excessive passive voice/you / Awkward construction / Weak verbs / Repetitive structure / Hackneyed phrasing / Profanity / Excessive slang
Failing

Stylistic inefficiencies / Stylistic excesses / Nonstandard diction / Hostile tone / Illogical sentences
Memory

Memory shifts the most depending upon the nature of the assignment. In research papers, memory governs the use of documentation. In literary assignments, it deals with reference to literary text and literary allusion. In expressive writing, it deals with the memorableness of the situation and thus relates to invention (K&M, Step 9; Chap 58, Aaron).
Outstanding

Superior use of documentation / Abundant in-text citation / Credible resources / Provides website evaluations / Uses summary, and paraphrase / Limits quotations / Includes ethos of sources
Good

Applies documentation / Excludes website evaluation / Quotations only
Troublesome

Lacks documentation / No in-text citation / No Works Cited / Only web sources
Failing

No documentation / Unacceptable web / sources / Plagiarized
Delivery

Delivery concerns the presentation of the document which in these days of desktop publishing includes not only grammar, spelling, mechanics, and punctuation, but also the "look" of the document (Pt 4-6, Aaron; Chap 5, K&M).
Outstanding

Grammar mastery / Appropriate punctuation / Proper capitalization / Consistent spelling / Non-distracting errors Meaning clear Attractive presentation
Good

Occasional proofreading error / Errors present but not pervasive / Major error, but not enough for pattern
Troublesome

Pattern(s) of error that hinders meaning: Proofreading / Verbs / Punctuation / Fused/fragmented sentences / Spelling / Prepositions / Pronoun/antecedent / Possessive/apostrophes
Failing

Pattern(s) of error that obscures meaning: Proofreading / Verbs / Punctuation / Fused/fragmented sentences / Spelling / Prepositions / Pronoun/antecedent / Possessive/apostrophes




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