English 102 Grading Rubric (Table Format)

QUALITIES OF COLLEGE-LEVEL WRITING
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RHETORICAL KNOWLEDGE
• Focuses on a purpose and develops ideas thoughtfully and thoroughly with that purpose in
mind.
• Anticipates and addresses different audiences’ needs.
• Demonstrates the writer’s knowledge or experience of the topic.
• Begins in an engaging way appropriate to the writer's purpose and audience.
• Effectively supports positions and assertions with relevant details, evidence and authority.
• Sequences ideas logically and effectively for the purpose and the audience.
• Concludes beyond summarizing to encourage insight, reflection, or action.
• Writes with a tone that is appropriate for the purpose and audience.
• Allows the reader to have a sense of interacting with the writer.
CRITICAL THINKING
• Uses writing and active reading to inquire, learn, think, and communicate.
• Selects and evaluates appropriate primary and secondary sources.
• Develops ideas with relevant details from well-chosen, appropriate sources.
• Takes into consideration alternative viewpoints on the topic.
• Moves beyond summarizing or reporting to integrating the writer’s ideas with those of others
through analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
• Effectively integrates information from a variety of primary and secondary sources by
summarizing, paraphrasing or quoting, appropriate to the purpose of the writing.
KNOWLEDGE OF CONVENTIONS
• Uses topic sentences and transitions to enhance coherence and unity.
• Varies sentence structure to reflect the complexity of the writer’s ideas.
• Uses grammar and mechanics appropriately.
• Demonstrates careful proofreading by correcting typos and errors.
• Avoids clichés, colloquialisms, slang, and convoluted language and instead uses college-level
vocabulary to make the writing precise and lively.
• Citations and documentation are placed and formatted correctly in MLA style.
• Uses appropriate number and variety of sources according to assignment guidelines.
• Demonstrates a match between sources cited in text and those listed in works cited page.
Last updated: March 27, 2013