Assignment 3.1: Comparing Perspectives on Your Research Topic

18.0ptsIdeasare clear, insightful, thought-provoking, and focused so that theyconsistently support the topic, thesis and audience for the paper.

15.0ptsIdeasare clear and focused to support the topic and a clearly-stated centralidea, but are not consistently insightful or thought-provoking.

12.0ptsIdeas are clear but conventional or general, and support the topic, thesis, and audience for the paper.

9.0ptsIdeasare unclear or clichéd and demonstrate a lack of focus in support of thetopic or a central idea, which may be vague or missing.

18.0ptsDevelopmentis fresh, with abundant details and examples that arouse audienceinterest and provide relevant, concrete, specific and insightfulevidence in support of sound logic.

15.0ptsDevelopmentis adequate, but may lack depth, with details and examples that arouseaudience interest and provide relevant, concrete, specific evidence insupport of sound logic.

12.0ptsDevelopmentis sufficient but general, providing adequate but perhaps notinteresting details, examples, and evidence that include no logicalfallacies or unsupported claims.

9.0ptsDevelopmentis insufficient, providing scarce or inappropriate details, evidence,and examples that may include logical fallacies or unsupported claims.

18.0ptsOrganizationis coherent, unified and effective in support of the paper’s purpose/plan and consistently demonstrates effective and appropriate rhetoricaltransitions between ideas and paragraphs.

15.0ptsOrganizationis coherent, unified and effective in support of the paper’s purpose/plan and usually demonstrates effective and appropriate rhetoricaltransitions between ideas and paragraphs

12.0 ptsOrganizationis coherent and unified overall in support of the essay’s purpose/plan, but is ineffective at times and may demonstrate abrupt or weaktransitions between ideas or paragraphs.

9.0ptsOrganizationis confused and fragmented in support of the essay’s purpose/ plan anddemonstrates a lack of structure or coherence that negatively affectsreadability.

18.0ptsReadableand rhetorically effective in tone, incorporating varied sentencestructure, precise word choice and correct grammar, spelling andpunctuation. (Mastery of style)

15.0ptsStyleis readable and rhetorically effective in tone, incorporating variedsentence structure, effective word choice, and correct grammar, spellingand punctuation. (Effective style)

12.0ptsStyleis readable, but unremarkable in tone, sometimes including a lack ofsentence variety effective word choice, or some distracting, but notserious, errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation. (Readable butinconsistent style)

9.0ptsStyleis incoherent or inappropriate in tone, including a lack of sentencevariety, ineffective or inappropriate word choice, and serious errors ingrammar, spelling and punctuation. (Ineffective style)

18.0ptsFormat is correct, meets all assignment directions, and works expertly to support the essay’s purpose/plan.

15.0ptsFormat is correct, meets all assignment directions, and works generally to support the essay’s purpose/plan.

12.0ptsFormatis mostly correct, meets critical aspects of assignment directions, andworks mostly to support the essay’s purpose/ plan.

9.0ptsFormat is faulty, does not meet sufficient aspects of the assignment direction, and does not support the essay’s purpose/ plan.