7/23/2019 Close Reading Essay Rubric

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GeneralComments

Unsatisfactory   NeedsImprovement

Satisfactory   Exemplary   PointsAwarded

Introduction(4 points)

-  Thetopic/questionthe paper is

addressing isnotdiscernable.

-  No thesis.-  It is not clear

how theargument willbe developed. 

-  Thetopic/questionthe paper is

addressing isvague or notdebatable. 

-  There is athesis, butisn't clearlypresented oroverly simple. 

-  There is a

rough sketchof how theargument willbe developed. 

-  Thetopic/questionthe paper is

addressing isclearlyarticulated butcould berefined. 

-  The thesis is

clearlypresented, isdebatable,but itslanguagecould berefined. 

- 

The mannerin which it willbe developedis clear butcould berefined.

-  Thetopic/questionthe paper is

addressing isclearlyarticulatedandrhetoricallypersuasive. 

-  The thesis is

clear,debatable,andrhetoricallypersuasive.

-  The manner

in which it willbe developedis logical andapparent. 

Body(6 points)

-  No topicsentences 

-  Quotationsare notintroduced oranalyzed 

- 

Claims are notsupported bythe text. 

-  No transitionsbetweenparagraphs. 

-  Some topicsentences, butthese don'teither (a)indicate whatthe paragraphwill be aboutor (b) how thetopic of theparagraph isrelated to thelarger thesis. 

-  Non-specificintroductionsof quotationsand onlylimitedanalysis. 

-  The transitionbetweenparagraphs isconfusing. 

-  Topicsentencesboth (a)indicate thetheme of theparagraphand (b) howthe theme isrelated to thethesis, butcould beimproved in afew cases. 

-  Quotationsare for themost partintroducedand well-analyzed. 

-  Thetransitionsbetweenparagraphsare mostlyclear. 

-  Allparagraphshave cleartopicsentencesthat introducethe theme ofthe paragraphand relate thattheme to thethesis.

-  All quotationsare introducedwith sufficientbackgroundand contextand analyzed. 

-  Connectionsbetween eachpart of thepaper isclearlyindicated. 

7/23/2019 Close Reading Essay Rubric

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GeneralComments

Unsatisfactory   NeedsImprovement

Satisfactory   Exemplary   PointsAwarded

Conclusion(2.5 points)

-  Fails toindicate thesignificance of

the thesis. -  The papersimply endswith the lastbodyparagraph. 

-  Gestures inonly vague orabstract terms

to thesignificance ofthe thesis. 

-  Merelysummarizeswhat thepaper hascovered. 

-  Thesignificanceof the thesis

is clearlyarticulated butcould beexpanded. 

-  Recounts thedevelopmentof the paperin a novelfashion. 

-  Thesignificance ofthe thesis is

clear andpersuasive. 

-  Clearlydemonstrateshow theargumentationof the paperleads to thebroaderconclusion. 

Style andCitations

(2.5 points)

-  Run-onsentences,

awkward wordchoice, poorpunctuation

-  Either nocitations ormostlyincorrectcitations. 

-  Severalstylistic or

grammaticalerrors. 

-  Severalcitation errorsor missingcitations. 

-  A few stylisticor

grammaticalerrors. 

-  A few citationerrors ormissingcitations. 

-  Nearly nostylistic or

grammaticalflaws. 

-  All citationsare correctand usedappropriately. 

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