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This rubric provides criteria for grading an essay in 4 areas: focus & details, organization, voice, and mechanics. The essay will be scored on a scale of 10 to 40 points in each area based on criteria such as a clear topic and main ideas, logical organization, attention to audience, word choice, sentence structure, and spelling/grammar. Reviewer comments are included to provide feedback to the author.

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Essay Rubric. Word

This rubric provides criteria for grading an essay in 4 areas: focus & details, organization, voice, and mechanics. The essay will be scored on a scale of 10 to 40 points in each area based on criteria such as a clear topic and main ideas, logical organization, attention to audience, word choice, sentence structure, and spelling/grammar. Reviewer comments are included to provide feedback to the author.

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Name: _________________________________________________ Date: _________________________

Essay Rubric

Directions: Your essay will be graded based on this rubric. Consequently, use this rubric as a guide when writing your essay and check it again before you
submit your essay.
Traits 40 30 20 10
Focus & There is one clear, There is one clear, There is one topic. The topic and main ideas are not
Details wellfocused topic. Main wellfocused topic. Main Main ideas are clear.
ideas are clear and are well ideas are clear but are somewhat clear.
supported by detailed and not well supported by
accurate information. detailed information.

Organization The introduction is inviting, The introduction states The introduction states There is no clear introduction,
states the main topic, and the main topic and the main topic. A structure, or conclusion.
provides an overview of the provides an overview of conclusion is included.
paper. Information is the paper. A conclusion
relevant and presented in a is included.
logical order. The
conclusion is strong.

Voice The author’s purpose of The author’s purpose of The author’s purpose The author’s purpose of writing is
writing is very clear, and writing is somewhat of writing is unclear.
there is strong evidence of clear, and there is some somewhat clear, and
attention to audience. The evidence of attention to there is evidence of
author’s extensive audience. The author’s attention to audience.
knowledge and/or knowledge and/or The author’s
experience with the topic experience with the knowledge and/or
is/are evident. topic is/are evident. experience with the
topic is/are limited.
Word Choice The author uses vivid words The author uses vivid The author uses words The writer uses a limited
and phrases. The choice and words and phrases. The that communicate vocabulary. Jargon or clichés may
placement of words seems choice and placement of clearly, but the writing be present and detract from the
accurate, natural, and not words is inaccurate at lacks variety. meaning.
forced. times and/or seems
overdone.
Sentence All sentences are well Most sentences are well Most sentences are Sentences sound
Structure, constructed and have varied constructed and have well constructed, but awkward, are
Grammar, structure and length. The varied structure and they have a similar distractingly repetitive,
author makes no errors in length. The author structure and/or or are difficult to understand. The
Mechanics, &
grammar, mechanics, makes a few errors in length. The author author makes numerous errors in
Spelling and/or spelling. grammar, mechanics, makes several errors in grammar, mechanics,
and/or spelling, but grammar, mechanics, and/or spelling that interfere
they do not interfere and/or spelling that with understanding.
with understanding. interfere with
understanding.
Reviewer’s
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