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Expository Essay Peer Edit Review Rubric Expository Essay Peer Edit Review Rubric Guidelines for scoring an expository essay. Rubric Code: U7XAW5 By Andersonbe Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Expository Essay Division/ Classification
	Poor 2 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Thesis Statement 20 % Essential question is used or restated as a main idea for the essay.	Poor Thesis is not present or is not clear	Fair Thesis is present but does include reasons that support the essential question or prompt.	Good Thesis is present and clearly written with some reasons that support the essential question or prompt.	Excellent Thesis is present and clear with three reasons that support the essential question or prompt.
Figurative Language 10 % Is a simile, metaphor, personification, or hyperbole used in each paragraph?	Poor Figurative Language is missing from each paragraph.	Fair Figurative Language is effectively used in 1-2 paragraphs.	Good Figurative Language is effectively used in all but 1 paragraph.	Excellent Figurative Language is effectively used in each body paragraph.
Supporting details 20 % Does each detail support, or tell more about the topic?	Poor The details do not support the main idea.	Fair Some of the details support the main idea, but there are some that do not.	Good Each detail supports the main idea but there are no follow up sentences.	Excellent Each detail supports, or tells more about the topic. follow up sentences provide additional support.
Logical order 10 % Does the order of the supporting details make sense?	Poor The supporting details within the essay as a whole are not developed in a logical order.	Fair The writer attempts to develop the essay in a logical order, but some of the essay may be presented in an order readers may find confusing.	Good Most of the essay is presented in a logical order, and readers should have little trouble following the supporting details.	Excellent The essay is developed in a logical order appropriate to the writer's purpose and readers needs.
Transitions (Linking words) 10 % Do linking words, or transition words, connect details so that the paragraph reads smoothly?	Poor Transitions are not present or do not effectively direct readers from one example to the next.	Fair Transitions are present but do not effectively direct readers from one example to the next. They may be basic and/or confusing.	Good Transitions are present and direct readers from one example to the next though not to the level of excellent. They may be basic and/or confusing.	Excellent Transitions are present and effectively direct readers from one example to the next. They exhibit sophistication on the part of the writer.
Word choice and voice 10 % Does the writer use vocabulary appropriate to the paragraph?	Poor Word usage is inappropriate to the essay. (slang, text language, weak vocabulary)	Fair Some word usage is appropriate, some not. (slang, text language, weak vocabulary)	Good Word usage is appropriate (only a few words using slang, text language, weak vocabulary)	Excellent Word usage is appropriate for the essay and reflects maturity of the writer. (no slang, text language, or weak vocabulary)
Conclusion 10 % Does the conclusion restate the topic in a new way to tie the details together?	Poor There is no conclusion the essay just ends without summing up or restating the topic. It doesn't tie the the details together.	Fair There is an attempt at a conclusion, but it doesn't restate the topic or tie the details together.	Good The conclusion sums up the topic, by restating it, but it does tie the details together.	Excellent The conclusions does an excellent job of summing up or restating the topic and tying the details together.
Spelling and Grammar 10 % Does the paper indicate that the writer has control of the rules of spelling, grammar and mechanics	Poor The paragraph contains 6 or more errors in spelling and mechanics	Fair The paragraph contains 3 to 5 errors in spelling and mechanics	Good The paragraph contains 1 or 2 errors in spelling and mechanics	Excellent The paragraph contains no errors in spelling, and mechanics

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English

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