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Essay Scoring Criteria Rubric

The document provides a rubric for scoring essays with criteria in five areas: ideas, organization, topic sentences and transitions, description, and voice. A score of 4 indicates writing that successfully presents the topic in a novel way with excellent details and insightful commentary. A score of 3 meets criteria well with interesting presentation, good details, and some insightful commentary. A score of 2 needs improvement with ordinary presentation, some details and obvious commentary. A score of 1 lacks essential criteria with weak or missing details and commentary.

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Essay Scoring Criteria Rubric

The document provides a rubric for scoring essays with criteria in five areas: ideas, organization, topic sentences and transitions, description, and voice. A score of 4 indicates writing that successfully presents the topic in a novel way with excellent details and insightful commentary. A score of 3 meets criteria well with interesting presentation, good details, and some insightful commentary. A score of 2 needs improvement with ordinary presentation, some details and obvious commentary. A score of 1 lacks essential criteria with weak or missing details and commentary.

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Essay Scoring Rubric

Criteria to be 4 3 2 1
Assessed
1. Ideas Writing successfully Writing presents the Writing presents the Writing presents
presents the topic in a topic in an interesting topic in an ordinary topic in an ordinary
novel or unique way. way. Writing way. Writing includes way. Concrete
Writing includes includes good concrete detail, but details and
excellent and specific concrete detail and commentary is obvious, commentary are
concrete detail and some insightful simplistic, or generic. either weak or
insightful commentary. commentary. missing.
2. Organization Writing has a Writing has a logical Organization is rough Writing is aimless
compelling and logical flow of ideas. but workable. It and disorganized.
flow of ideas. sometimes gets off
topic.
3. Topic Sentences Paragraphs have Paragraphs have Paragraphs have topic Paragraphs lack topic
and Transitions focused and poignant focused topic sentences that need to sentences and
topic sentences and sentences and be more focused and transitions.
smooth, almost obvious transitions. rough transitions.
seamless transitions.
4. Description Writing consistently Writing shows rather Writing includes some Writing uses all
and effectively shows than tell, but details showing but needs telling and no
rather than tells through could be more more. showing.
specific and vivid specific and vivid.
details.
5. Voice Writing reveals your Writing reveals some Writing is bland. There Writing is too
unique personality and of your thoughts and is either no hint of a informal. It sounds
view of the world, feelings, but needs real person behind the like you don't care
leaving the reader to more personality writing. about the topic of the
want to know more behind it. essay.
about who you are.

Essay Scoring Rubric Criteria to be Assessed 4 3 2 1 1. Ideas Writing successfully presents the topic in a novel

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