Crucbile Essay

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* Each instance of the compound-complex construction should be noted by (cd-cx) immediately following the sentence.

Criteria

Points Earned

Points Possible

Organization – Is the essay mapped out well?

- Do you have a strong, focused thesis?

- Does each paragraph have a clear topic sentence telling what that paragraph is about? (TS)

- Does the content of each paragraph match its topic sentence?

- Are there orderly transitions between and within paragraphs? (TR)

- Do you avoid plot summary? (PLOT)

25

Content – Is there a strong use of evidence?

- Are quotations strong and well-chosen?

- Are quotations followed and/or preceded by thorough interpretation?

(ESOQ) (ELAB)

- Are quotations placed into context? (CTXT)

- Is there an adequate amount of evidence – minimum of 6 quotations? (QFS)

25

Persuasion – Student aims persuasion at reader’s heart and head, employing appeals to both logos and pathos.

- Does the essay contain logical and emotional appeals?

- Do you use at least three (3) rhetorical devices such as parallelism, repetition, restatement, charged words, or rhetorical question? Are they marked with (rep), (res), (//), (cw), or (RQ)? Extra Credit: Vocabulary Unit 1 & 2 – 5 words

- Have you addressed any obvious objections a reader might raise?

20

Style – The student evinces mature writing by

- Avoiding QBI,

- BLTQ,

- MQF,

- AWK,

- INF, as well as by

- Constructing at least three compound-complex sentences correctly in the letter.*

10

Grammar/Usage/Mech. – Do you avoid:

16C = RO 11 & 9 = agr 16B = CS

14 = ts 3 & 21 = ww redundancy = r

16A = FR 12 = pv 21 = diction (wc)

19 = informal usage 3B = // 11 = s/v 1 = sp

*see Editing Sheet for more

10

Follows directions – Follows MLA formatting

- Are your citations in strict MLA format?

- punctuation

- author name

- page number

- Do you have the MLA header in the upper right corner?

- Are your spacing and indentations correct?

- Does your letter look like a letter?

- address, greeting, closing

10

Total

100

Criteria

Points Earned

Points Possible

Organization – Is the essay mapped out well?

- Do you have a strong, focused thesis?

- Does each paragraph have a clear topic sentence telling what that paragraph is about? (TS)

- Does the content of each paragraph match its topic sentence?

- Are there orderly transitions between and within paragraphs? (TR)

- Do you avoid plot summary? (PLOT)

25

Content – Is there a strong use of evidence?

- Are quotations strong and well-chosen?

- Are quotations followed and/or preceded by thorough interpretation?

(ESOQ) (ELAB)

- Are quotations placed into context? (CTXT)

- Is there an adequate amount of evidence – minimum of 6 quotations? (QFS)

25

Persuasion – Student aims persuasion at reader’s heart and head, employing appeals to both logos and pathos.

- Does the essay contain logical and emotional appeals?

- Do you use at least three (3) rhetorical devices such as parallelism, repetition, restatement, charged words, or rhetorical question? Are they marked with (rep), (res), (//), (cw), or (RQ)?

- Have you addressed any obvious objections a reader might raise?

20

Style – The student evinces mature writing by

- Avoiding QBI,

- BLTQ,

- MQF,

- AWK,

- INF, as well as by

- Constructing at least three compound-complex sentences correctly in the letter.*

10

Grammar/Usage/Mech. – Do you avoid:

16C = RO 11 & 9 = agr 16B = CS

14 = ts 3 & 21 = ww redundancy = r

16A = FR 12 = pv 21 = diction (wc)

19 = informal usage 3B = // 11 = s/v 1 = sp

*see