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Instructions

Submit your rhetorical reading response to one of the readings from the Rhetorical Reading module here. Deadline: June 9. Late submissions will be accepted with a 3% daily penalty up until 5 days after the deadline.

Start Date

May 20, 2023 12:01 AM

Due Date

Jun 9, 2023 11:59 PM

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Criteria

High Proficiency (A) (20-18 points)

Good Proficiency (B) (17-16 points)

Minimal Proficiency (C) (15-14 points)

Non-proficiency (D) (13-12 points)

Incomplete/Non-proficiency (F) 11-0 points)

Criterion Score

Content and Purpose (thesis, focus, purpose, audience)

20 points

Ideas are clear, insightful, thought-provoking, and focused; consistently support topic, thesis, and audience for the paper.

17 points

Ideas are clear and focused to support the topic and a clearly-developed central idea, but are not consistently insightful or thought-provoking.

15 points

Ideas are clear but conventional or general and support the topic, thesis, and audience for the paper.

13 points

Ideas are unclear or clichéd and demonstrate a lack of focus in support of the topic or a central idea, which may be vague or missing.

11 points

Paper does not meet sufficient aspects of the assignment direction and does not support the essay’s purpose. Lacks a thesis statement; off-topic; doesn't address purpose of assignment.

Score of Content and Purpose (thesis, focus, purpose, audience),

/ 20

Development (evidence, rhetorical appeals, sources)

20 points

Development is illustrative, with abundant details and examples that arouse audience interest and provide relevant, concrete, specific, and insightful evidence with effective appeals.

17 points

Development is adequate, but may lack depth, with details and examples that arouse audience interest and provide relevant, concrete, specific evidence with effective appeals. 

15 points

Development is sufficient but general, providing adequate but perhaps not interesting details, examples, and evidence; few, ineffective, or fallacious logical, ethical, or emotional appeals.

13 points

Development is insufficient, providing scarce or inappropriate details, evidence, and examples that may include logical, ethical, or emotional fallacies or unsupported claims.

11 points

Lacks required number or type of sources; lacks development.

Score of Development (evidence, rhetorical appeals, sources),

/ 20

Organization (structure, coherence, unity, topic sentences, transitions)

20 points

Organization is coherent, unified, and effective in support of the paper's purpose and consistently demonstrates effective and appropriate rhetorical transitions between ideas and paragraphs.

17 points

Organization is coherent, unified, and effective in support of the paper’s purpose and usually demonstrates effective and appropriate rhetorical transitions between ideas and paragraphs.

15 points

Organization is coherent and unified overall in support of the essay’s purpose, but is ineffective at times and may demonstrate abrupt or weak transitions between ideas or paragraphs.

13 points

Organization is confused and fragmented in support of the essay’s purpose and demonstrates a lack of structure or coherence that negatively affects readability. Lacks transitions; lacks introductions to sources.

11 points

Lacks organization; ideas seem haphazard.

Score of Organization (structure, coherence, unity, topic sentences, transitions),

/ 20

Style and Format (sentence structure, source integration, MLA format)

20 points

Style is confident, readable, and rhetorically effective in tone, incorporating varied sentence structure and precise word choice. Sources integrated effectively. Follows MLA format and conventions of academic discourse.

17 points

Style is readable and rhetorically effective in tone, incorporating varied sentence structure and effective word choice. Some sources lack effective integration. Some minor mistakes in MLA format and conventions of academic discourse.

15 points

Style is readable, but unremarkable in tone, sometimes including a lack of sentence variety and ineffective word choice. Many sources lack effective integration. Major mistakes in MLA format and conventions of academic discourse. 

13 points

Style is incoherent or inappropriate in tone, including a lack of sentence variety and ineffective or inappropriate word choice. Ineffective source integration; does not follow MLA format.

11 points

Inappropriate style for purpose of essay; uses style other than required style.

Score of Style and Format (sentence structure, source integration, MLA format),

/ 20

Grammar and Mechanics (Standard Written English, margins and line spacing, format)

20 points

Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are correct; meets all assignment directions and works expertly to support the essay's purpose.

17 points

Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are correct and meet all assignment directions, and work generally to support the essay’s purpose.

15 points

Mostly SWE and meets critical aspects of assignment directions. Some distracting errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

13 points

Paper does not meet sufficient aspects of the assignment direction, and does not support the essay’s purpose. Numerous distracting errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

11 points

Multiple, serious grammatical problems. Did not follow MLA format for line spacing, font, margins, citations, and Works Cited page.

Score of Grammar and Mechanics (Standard Written English, margins and line spacing, format),

/ 20