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Grading Rubric for the Profile Essay Grading Rubric for the Profile Essay A tool to evaluate a 700-800 word profile essay detailing a person, place, or activity Rubric Code: S6C9A8 By johndesjarlais Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Detailed, organized info
	Poor (N/A)	Fair (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Excellent (N/A)
Detailed info & description	Poor Info seems lacking; Writer does not use descriptive language and/or quotes to describe the person, place, or activity. Simple vocabulary.	Fair some descriptions and/or quotes, but it is difficult to visualize the person, place, or activity. Colloqiual vocabulary.	Good some descriptions and quotes to describe the person, place, or activity. Good vocabulary.	Excellent Detailed descriptions, background and colorful quotes to help visualize the person, place, or activity. Vivid, strong vocabulary.
Organization	Poor Ideas are not divided properly into unified, cohesive and coherent paragraphs. Lacks clear chronological or topical plan. Wanders. Intro, conclusion not working	Fair Ideas are divided into paragraphs, though undeveloped or weakly unified. Unclear chronological or topical plan. Introduction, conclusion lack interest	Good Ideas are divided into paragraphs. Effective unity and cohesiveness. Good chronological or topical plan. A serviceable introduction and conclusion.	Excellent Ideas are divided into paragraphs. Effective unity and cohesiveness. Deft chronological or topical plan. A striking introduction, conclusion.
Style and Role
	Poor (N/A)	Fair (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Excellent (N/A)
Style	Poor Writing is confusing and hard to follow. Sentences are dull and monotonous.	Fair Writing is mostly clear, if overly colloqiual. Sentences lack variety and interest.	Good Writing is clear and controlled. Sentences are varied, but still need some revision.	Excellent Writing is smooth, skillful, and compelling. Sentences are strong and expressive with varied structure.
Grammar	Poor Contains many disracting errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar which make the writing difficult to understand.	Fair Some punctuation, grammar, and spelling errors make the writing difficult to understand in spots. Patterns of error in simple rules: commas, run-ons, fragments, etc	Good Punctuation, spelling, grammar, and capitalization are generally correct. The few errors don't interfere with the writer's meaning.	Excellent No errors in punctuation, spelling, grammar, or capitalization that distract the reader and make the ideas difficult to understand.
Writer's Role	Poor confused or no awareness of role	Fair little awareness of role; too distant or distracting	Good Some awareness of role adds meaning	Excellent keen awareness of role as spectator or participant adds power to the impact
Perspective	Poor little to no insight, meaning or resonance	Fair some sense of significance but not clear	Good strives for dominant impression if not fully realized	Excellent clear point of view, insight, significance
Formatting
	Poor (N/A)	Fair (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Excellent (N/A)
Formatting	Poor Does not follow formatting guidelines for this assignment.	Fair Several errors in formatting.	Good Formatting is missing one or two elements.	Excellent double spaced, 12 point font, paragraphs are indented and pages numbered.

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profile essay, Freshman Composition

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