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Papers (including Creative Topics)
Papers (including Creative Topics)
Criteria Ratings Pts
Thesis Statement
N/A - Thesis statements are not required for the creative assignments
A - Excellent (strong, original thesis)
B - Good (strong, clear thesis)
C - Needs Help
□ unclear thesis
□ hidden thesis (you have one but you never state it)
□ thesis in conclusion; move it to introduction
D - Poor (little attempt to form a thesis)
F - Absent (no thesis)
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0 pts
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Organization
A - Excellent (keeps a sharp focus on the topic)
B - Good (focuses on the topic most of the time, but strays a little)
C - Needs Help (strays from the topic to discuss irrelevant subjects)
D - Poor (fails to address a substantial portion of the topic; grade drops to a D)
F - Absent (fails to address any part of the assigned topic; grade drops to an F)
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0 pts
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Argument
A - Excellent (explains and defends the thesis in an orderly, logical way; the reasoning and the relation among the writer’s ideas is clear)
B - Good (explains and defends the thesis in an orderly, logical way, but leaves some reasoning or ideas needing further development or clarification)
C - Needs Help (imposes some order on the presentation but does not make the relation among ideas and facts clear enough to be coherent)
D - Poor (wanders from idea to idea without explaining the relation among ideas; grade drops to a D)
F - Absent (supplies no pertinent argument; grade drops to an F)
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0 pts
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Use of Evidence
A - Excellent (provides evidence from readings to support all assertions and conclusions)
B - Good (provides evidence to support most conclusions and assertions, but some conclusions or assertions need more support)
C - Needs Help
□ presents some evidence to support conclusions, but leaves significant gaps
□ Too many direct quotes, paraphrase whenever possible
□ Some evidence does not support assertions
D - Poor (fails in several significant instances to support assertions with evidence; grade drops to a D)
F - Absent (supplies no evidence to support assertions; grade drops to an F)
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0 pts
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Analysis
N/A - Analysis is not required for the creative assignments
A - Excellent (all evidence is analyzed)
B - Good (some evidence needs more analysis)
C - Needs Help
□ Too many quotes, not enough analysis
D - Poor (fails to provide analysis of most evidence; grade drops to a D)
F - Absent (supplies no analysis of evidence; grade drops to an F)
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0 pts
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Complexity of Argument
A - Excellent (shows critical thinking and an appreciation for the complexity of the subject)
B - Good (contains an occasional oversimplification)
C - Needs Help (does not show adequate awareness of the complexity of the subject)
D - Poor (contains numerous, serious oversimplifications)
F - Absent (no awareness of the complexity of the subject; grade drops to a D)
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0 pts
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Historical Context
N/A - Historical context is not required for the creative assignments
A - Excellent (synthesizes material from lecture, the textbook, and prefaces to provide historical context for all aspects of the essay)
B - Good (provides historical context for most aspects of the essay)
C - Needs Help (provides some historical context, but some aspects of
the essay need more context)
D - Poor (little attempt to provide historical context)
F - Absent (no historical context provided; grade drops to a D)
threshold: pts
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0 pts
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Factual Accuracy
A - Excellent (no errors)
B - Good (generally accurate, with a few, minor errors)
C - Needs Help (contains several factual errors)
D - Poor (contains numerous factual errors)
F - Absent (contains numerous, serious factual errors; grade drops to a D)
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0 pts
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Footnoting
A - Excellent (provides footnotes for all evidence presented, from all sources, whether paraphrased or directly quoted)
B - Good (provides footnotes for almost all evidence)
C - Needs Help
□ several missing footnotes
□ problems with footnote formatting
D - Poor (substantial number of missing footnotes; grade drops to a D)
F - Absent (contains no footnotes or plagiarizes by taking a substantial amount of material directly from another writer without attribution; grade drops to an F)
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0 pts
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Syntax, Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation
A - Excellent (few to no errors)
B - Good (shows only minor problems)
C - Needs Help (contains distracting errors)
D - Poor (contains errors that make it very difficult to understand the writer’s meaning)
F - Absent (contains errors that make it virtually impossible to determine the writer’s meaning; grade drops to a D)
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0 pts
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Meets Minimum Length Requirement
Yes (no deduction)
No (grade drops to a C)
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0 pts
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Total Points: 0 out of 0