Rubric For Final Paper
Writing 2100: Professor Largent
- Clear thesis/ARGUMENT: It’s clear that you have researched your topic and thought about it from a number of perspectives. You draw a conclusion from your research and experience and develop a clear, arguable thesis. (30% of grade)
- QUALITY and INTEGRATION OF SOURCES: You summarize, paraphrase, and quote directly in syntactically sophisticated and ethical ways from the sources you’ve used for your research (at least 4 sources other than the sources we have used in class). These sources should represent a variety of perspectives and should be credible for this rhetorical context (an academic essay) (20%)
- SUPPORT FOR YOUR THESIS/ARGUMENT: You provide rhetorically persuasive reasons and evidence to support your thesis. This support should come from sources that will be credible to an academic audience and can include evidence from your own experience. (20%)
- ORGANIZATION: You organize your paragraphs in such a way that your readers can clearly follow your main argument; your readers can easily follow how you develop and support that argument in each paragraph; you group information together that goes together; you use a new paragraph when you “switch gears” to a new subject; and you use transition words and phrases to signal to your reader where you’re going. (20%)
- STYLE/EDITING/PROOFREADING: Your writing contains few if any “to be” verbs, your writing style is concise and compelling, and you carefully edit and proofread your final draft so that your writing signifies “Standard Written English” to your audience. (10%)