Persuasive Letter Rubric



Compare and Contrast Essay with Quotes Rubric

|  |10 /9 |8.5/8/7.5 |7/6.5 |6/5.5/5 |

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| |Strongly and clearly states the compare and |Clearly states how these sources reflect the|States how sources compares and contrasts |Intro and/or conclusion is weak or absent |

|Opening |contrast of both sources in the thesis |similarities and differences in the sources |but may be confusing or basic. |Missing a lot of key information such as |

|Statement and Conclusion | | |May or may not mention the differences. |background info, etc. |

| |Background info is interesting, insightful |Intro may be basic. More creativity or |Intro is missing information or is incorrect|Basic writing |

| |and relevant |interest needed |in formatting | |

| |Hook has hooked me ( | |Conclusion may or may not wrap idea | |

| |Conclusion is strong with a powerful ending |Conclusion wraps up argument but could be |argument. | |

| | |stronger. |May be missing key ideas | |

| |Provides strong details, reasons and/or |Provides details, reasons and/or examples in|Provides some reasons and/or example in |Provides little or no support of the |

|Supporting |examples in support of the thesis. |support of the thesis. |support of the thesis. Evidence may be weak |opinion. |

|Details (quotes and |Quotes are very relevant and strong |Evidence fits to the argument. May be |or not match argument. |Support is weak or irrelevant. |

|evidence from novel) | |slightly irrelevant to thesis or weak | | |

| |Chooses words that are sophisticated, |Adequately chooses words that are |Chooses some words that are clear and |Language and tone of letter is unclear and |

|Tone/ |descriptive and accurate. |descriptive but may have some repetition or |descriptive. Can be too simple so more |lacks description. Language is simple and |

|Language | |vagueness |effort needed to add sophistication. May |basic |

| |Great use of transition words | |haverepetition or vagueness. |Too much repetition or vagueness |

| | |Transition words used well |Conversational |Conversational |

| | | |Little to no transition words |No transition words |

|Use of Quotes |Quotes are integrated seamlessly. Formatting|Quotes are integrated but could be |Quotes could be integrated better. |[pic] |

| |is flawless |integrated smoother | | |

|Bombs and Formatting | |Formatting may or may not be flawless but |Some quote bombs | |

| | |obvious effort is made to try | | |

| | | |Formatting needs to be improved | |

| |Sentences and paragraphs are complete, well |Sentences are varied and complex. Paragraph |Sentences are sometimes varied and complex. |Little or no evidence of sentence or |

|Format/ |written and varied. |structure is generally correct.  |Paragraph structure is generally correct. |paragraph structure. |

|Organization |Essay is organized regardless of essay type |Essay is organized regardless of essay type |Essay may not be organized as well as it |Too many mistakes |

| | | |should |Essay could be organized better. |

|Compare and Contrast | | | | |

| |There are no errors in grammar, spelling or |Few errors in grammar, spelling or mechanics|Some errors in grammar, spelling and |Many errors in grammar, spelling and |

|Mechanics and |mechanics | |mechanics |mechanics |

|Grammar | | |Needs to be proofread and edited. |Needs to be proofread and edited. |

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