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Criteria
A excellent
B good
C minimal expectations
D to F below expectations;
may be unacceptable
Comments
Content
(quality of the information/ideas and sources/details used to support them)
- shows clarity of purpose
- shows depth of content
- applies insight and represents original thinking
- demonstrates quality and breadth of resources
- shows clarity of purpose
- shows substantial information and sufficient support
- represents some original thinking
- uses quality resources
- shows clarity of purpose
- lacks depth of content and may depend on generalities or the commonplace
- represents little original thinking
- uses mostly quality resources
- lacks clear purpose
- is superficial in content
- lacks original thinking
- uses resources of poor quality
- includes factual or logical errors
- may not follow the instructions in content or length
Structure
(logical order or sequence of the writing)
- is coherent and logically developed
- uses very effective transitions
- is coherent and logically developed
- uses smooth transitions
- is coherent and logically (but not fully) developed
- uses some awkward transitions
- uses inadequate, irrelevant or illogical development and transitions
Style
(appropriate attention to audience: effective word choice, sentence variety, voice; appropriate level of formality for academic writing vs. informal text messages and email)
- is concise, eloquent, and rhetorically effective
- composes varied sentence structure
- displays concern for careful expression
- composes some varied sentence structure
- displays some personality but lacks imagination and may be stilted
- composes little varied sentence structure
- frequently uses jargon and clichés
- is simplistic
- composes ineffective sentence style
- applies limited vocabulary with jargon and clichés
- is clearly below expectations for college students
Conventions
(adherence to grammar rules: usage, mechanics)
- composes well-constructed sentences
- makes virtually no errors in grammar and spelling
- makes accurate word choices
- almost always composes well-constructed sentences
- makes minimal errors in grammar and spelling
- makes accurate word choices
- usually composes well-constructed sentences
- makes several errors
- makes word choices that distract the reader
- does not compose well-constructed sentences
- confuses readers with many errors
- makes frequent inappropriate word choices
Source Integrity
(appropriate acknowledgment of sources used in research)
- cites sources for all quotations
- credible paraphrases, cited correctly
- includes reference page
- makes virtually no errors in documentation style
- cites sources for all quotations
- credible paraphrases, usually cited correctly
- includes reference page
- makes minimal errors in documentation style
- cites sources for all quotations
- mostly credible paraphrases, sometimes cited correctly
- includes reference page
- makes several errors in documentation style
- does not cite sources for all quotations
- less than credible paraphrases, often not cited correctly
-little to no evidence of source usage - may not include a reference page or is very weak
- makes many errors in documentation style
The weighting of each of the five areas is dependent on the specific written assignment and the teacher's preference. Plagiarism occurs when a person presents as one's own "someone else's language, ideas, or other original (not common-knowledge) material without acknowledging its source" (adapted from Council of Writing Program Administrators).
Grade
Writing Standards – Writing Standards –Graduate Level (revised Spring 2012)
CriteriaA excellent
B minimal expectations
C below
expectations
Comments
Content
(quality of the information, ideas and supporting details.)
- shows clarity of purpose
- offers depth of content
- applies insight and represents original thinking
- shows clarity of purpose
- offers substantial information and sufficient support
- represents some original thinking
- shows clarity of purpose
- lacks depth of content and may depend on generalities or the commonplace
- represents little original thinking
Structure
(logical order or sequence of the writing)
- is coherent and logically developed
- uses very effective transitions
- is coherent and logically developed
- uses smooth transitions
- is coherent and logically (but not fully) developed
- has some awkward transitions
Rhetoric and Style
(appropriate attention to audience)
- is concise, eloquent and rhetorically effective
- uses varied sentence structure
- is engaging throughout and enjoyable to read
- displays concern for careful expression
- uses some variation in sentence structure
-may be wordy in places
- displays some originality but lacks imagination and may be stilted
- uses little varied sentence structure
- frequently uses jargon and clichés
- uses generally clear but frequently wordy prose
Information Literacy
(locating, evaluating, and using effectively the needed information as appropriate to assignment)
- uses high-quality and reliable sources
- chooses sources from many types of resources
- chooses timely resources for the topic
- integrates references and quotations to support ideas fully
- uses mostly high-quality and reliable sources
- chooses sources from a moderate variety of types of resources
- chooses resources with mostly appropriate dates
- integrates references and quotations to provide some support for ideas
- uses a few poor-quality or unreliable sources
- chooses sources from a few types of resources
- chooses a few resources with inappropriate dates
- integrates references or quotations that are loosely linked to the ideas of the paper
Source Integrity
(appropriate acknowledgment of sources used in research)
- cites sources for all quotations
- cites credible paraphrases correctly
- includes reference page
- makes virtually no errors in documentation style
- cites sources for all quotations
- usually cites credible paraphrases correctly
- includes reference page
- makes minimal errors in documentation style
- has sources for all quotations
- has mostly credible paraphrases, sometimes cited correctly
- includes reference page with several errors
- makes several errors in documentation style.
Conventions
(adherence to grammar rules: usage, mechanics)
- uses well-constructed sentences
- makes virtually no errors in grammar and spelling
- makes accurate word choices
- almost always uses well-constructed sentences
-makes minimal errors in grammar and spelling - makes accurate word choices
- usually uses well-constructed sentences
- makes several errors
- makes word choices that distract the reader
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