Rubric for Argumentative Essay - UCSB



Rubric for Argumentative Essay

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|Quality |Strongest: 5 |Adequate: 3 |Weakest: 1 |Score |

|FOCUS/ UNITY |Paper is focused and doesn’t|Paper is mostly focused and |Paper is not focused and | |

| |go off on tangents |does not go off on tangents |goes off on tangents | |

| |Makes a point |Attempts to make a point |Point uncertain | |

|DEVELOPMENT/ |Includes rich supporting |Some supporting details |Few or irrelevant supporting| |

|INFORMATION |details |Some repetition of story |details | |

| |Avoids redundancy |components |Redundancy | |

| |Addresses the best arguments|Addresses some of the best |Addresses few or none of the| |

| |of the opposition |arguments of the opposition |best arguments of the | |

| |Includes good quotes from |Includes some good quotes |opposition | |

| |packet texts and writer’s |from packet texts and |Includes some quotes from | |

| |research |writer’s research |packet texts and writer’s | |

| | | |research | |

|COHERENCE/ |Follows through on thesis |Mainly follows through on |Does not follow through on | |

|ORDER |The reader does not get |the thesis |the thesis | |

| |confused |The reader occasionally gets|The reader is generally | |

| | |confused |confused | |

|DEPTH |Displays insight |Surface understanding |Minimal or no reflection or | |

| |Demonstrates significant |Some reflection & awareness |insight | |

| |reflection & awareness |Some reference to wider |Limited connection wider | |

| |Establishes significant |world |world | |

| |connection to wider world | | | |

|AUDIENCE/VOICE |Character of writer is |Character of writer varies |No character of writer | |

| |consistently conveyed |Tone strays from narrative |Few connections between | |

| |Tone fits narrative |Leaves some unanswered |narrative and tone. | |

| |Anticipates & answers |questions |Does not answer readers' | |

| |readers’ questions |Invites some interest |questions | |

| |Engages readers’ interest |Moderate use of the passive |Invites little reader | |

| |Active voice |voice |interest | |

| | | |Overuse of the passive voice| |

|WORD CHOICE |Precise terms |Some imprecision |Imprecise language | |

| |Avoids clichés |Some clichés |Many clichés | |

| |Varied words |Some repetition of words |Much repetition of words | |

| |No verb tense or sentence |Some verb tense or sentence |Repetitive | |

| |agreement problems |agreement problems |Many verb tense and sentence| |

| | | |agreement problems | |

|PARAGRAPHS |Paragraphs have a main idea |2 or 3 parts |0-1 of 3 parts | |

| |and a topic sentence | | | |

| |Paragraphs have limited | | | |

| |scope | | | |

| |Paragraphs have examples | | | |

|SENTENCES |0-1 errors in grammar per |2 errors per page |3+ errors per page | |

| |page |Repeats sentence form |Boring sentence form | |

| |Varies sentence form | | | |

|SPELLING |0-1 errors in spelling per |2 errors per page |3+ errors per page | |

| |page | | | |

|PRESENTATION |Clean, clear |Not APA/MLA format |Unattractive | |

| |Businesslike |Readable |Unreadable | |

| |APA/MLA format | | | |

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