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Essay Rubric Essay Rubric 4 Parts to an essay: Topic Sentence, Reasons, facts, statements, Examples, and Conclusion Rubric Code: Y24B585 By Kylekyle_19 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Social Sciences Type: Quiz Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12, Undergraduate

Essay Rubric
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Topic Sentence	Excellent Topic sentence clearly lays out an answer to the essay question in a single, well constructed sentence.	Good Topic sentence attempts to answer the essay question, but does not clearly lay out the topic.	Fair Topic sentence echos the essay question but does not state the writer's answer to the essay question.	Poor No topic sentence.
Reasons, Facts, Statements	Excellent Muliple reasons and facts support the answer to the essay question laid out in the topic sentence.	Good Some facts and reasons are given to support the topic sentence.	Fair Few facts and reasons are given and/or reasons do not support topic sentence.	Poor No reasons or facts given to support anwer to the essay question.
Examples	Excellent Specific, meaningful examples are given to back-up the reasons and facts stated in the essay.	Good Some examples, non specific which help support the reasons and facts in the essay.	Fair Few examples given to support reasons and facts; examples that are given do not support the facts or reasons stated in the essay.	Poor No examples given to support the facts and reasons in the essay.
Conclusion	Excellent Conclusion restates the essay question in a way that reminds the reader of the answer the the essay question and wraps up the essay.	Good Conclusion restates the essay question but does not fully wrap up the ideas in the essay.	Fair Conclusion is unclear and confusing. Conclusion fails to restate the essay question and wrap up the essay.	Poor No conclusion.