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Persuasive Essay 2 Persuasive Essay (10% grammar) Rubric Code: X42W28 By rrudd57 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Essay 1
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3.5 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 2.5 pts
Introduction 15 %	Excellent Creatively engages the reader and introduces the topic; provides thoughtful observations related to the topic; ends with the thesis.	Good Engages the reader; introduces the topic; ends with the thesis.	Fair Attempts to engage the reader; introduces the topic; states a thesis; thesis may be misplaced or vague.	Poor Introduction does not show audience awareness; does not clearly identify the topic; thesis is missing or misplaced.
Thesis 20 %	Excellent A creative, thoughtful thesis that identifies a focus for discussion.	Good Thesis is clear and identifies the focus for discussion.	Fair Thesis may not have a clear focus for discussion.	Poor Thesis is unclear and/or does not identify a focus.
Structure 20 %	Excellent Each body paragraph has a thoughtful, clearly-stated topic sentence that relates to the thesis	Good Each Body Paragraph has a clearly-stated topic sentence that relates to the thesis	Fair Body paragraphs have a topic sentence that is loosely connected to the thesis	Poor Some body paragraphs do not have a topic sentence that connects to the thesis
Concrete details 20 %	Excellent All body paragraphs contain at least one quote or other form of specific example with thoughtful connection to the thesis. Quote(s) are properly integrated.	Good All body paragraphs contains at least one quote or other form of example with a clear connection to the thesis. Quote(s) are properly integrated.	Fair Body paragraphs contain at least one quote or other form of example minimally connected to the thesis. Quote(s) minimally integrated.	Poor Body paragraphs are lacking quotes/specific examples; quote(s) not properly integrated.
Conclusion 15 %	Excellent Restates thesis and main points and/or discusses why it matters, does not introduce new ideas, and reads like the ending of an essay.	Good Restates thesis and main points and does not introduce any new ideas.	Fair Weak connection to thesis. May introduce a new idea.	Poor Does not make clear connection back to thesis; does not read like the ending of an essay
Format, Spelling and Grammar 10 %	Excellent 0-1 spelling errors and minor grammatical errors; correct MLA format	Good 2-3 spelling errors and few major or minor grammatical errors; correct MLA format	Fair 4-5 spelling errors and several major or minor grammatical errors; some MLA format errors	Poor More than 5 spelling errors and major and minor grammatical errors which interfere with meaning, non-MLA format