Persuasive Research RUBRIC

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1	ENGLISH II PERSUASIVE RESEARCH PAPER
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3	PERSUASIVE ELEMENTS
4	Thesis	One statement that thoroughly introduces the argument	More than one sentence that thoroughly introduces the argument	More than one sentence and does not clearly state the argument.	There is no thesis
5	Logos	Author includes at least one example of logos and correctly labels it	They author includes at least one example of logos but does not correctly label it.		There are no examples of logos in the paper.
6	Ethos	Author includes at least one example of ethos and correctly labels it	They author includes at least one example of ethos but does not correctly label it.		There are no examples of ethos in the paper.
7	Pathos	Author includes at least one example of pathos and correctly labels it	They author includes at least one example of pathos but does not correctly label it.		There are no examples of pathos in the paper.
8	Persuasive	The essay is persuasive throughout with no lapses to informative	The essay is quite persuasive but does lapse to informative		The entire paper is informative
9	MLA FORMATTING
10	Citations (Format)	Includes all citations, using the correct format	Information is cited but not using the correct format consistently
11	Citations (Complete)	All citations in the essay are listed in the Works Cited and vice versa.	A citation or two is missing from the Works Cited or the essay.
12	Format	The essay is 2-5 pages long in TNR font, double spaced	The essay does not follow the required format.
13	Quotations	All quotations are formatted correctly. (Those over four lines are indented ten spaces and double spaced.)	Author includes quotations, but they are not all formatted correctly		Author uses no quotations
14	Outline	Essay includes a copy of a correctly formatted outline.	Essay includes copy of outline with some formatting errors.		Essay does not include a copy of the outline.
15	Works Cited	Essay includes a copy of a correctly formatted works cited.	Essay includes copy of works cited with some formatting errors.		Essay does not include a copy of the works cited.
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17		5	4	3	2	1	0
18	6 Traits (plus some extra components)
19	Introduction	Introduction is especially interesting and previews the structure of the paper	Introduction is quite interesting and reviews the structure of the paper	Introduction is somewhat interesting and previews the structure of the paper	Introduction previews the structure of the paper but is not particularly interesting	Introduction barely previews the structure of the paper and is not particularly interesting	There is no introduction
20	Ideas	The body paragraphs provide extensive discussion to support the thesis, including quotations	The body of the essay provides a great deal of discussion to support the thesis, including quotations	The body of the essay provides an adequate amount of discussion to support the thesis, including quotations	The body of the essay provides some discussion to support the thesis, including quotations	The body of the essay provides some discussion to support the thesis but does not include quotations	The body of the essay hardly provides discussion to support the thesis
21	Organization	Content of paper is organized in a logical manner with no detail out of place	Content of paper is organized in a fairly logical manner with a detail or two out of place	Content of paper is organized in a somewhat logical manner with a detail or two out of place	Content of paper is somewhat organized, but many details seem to be out of place	Content of paper is poorly organized with many details out of place	Content of paper does not seem to be organized. Random ideas seem to be thrown together
22	Sentence Fluency	Author uses varying sentence structure with no run-ons or sentence fragments	Author uses varying sentence structure with one run-on or sentence fragment	Author uses varying sentence structure with a couple of run-ons or sentence fragments	Author uses varying sentence structure with more than five run-ons or fragments	Author does not use varying sentence structure, but does not have any run-ons or sentence fragments	Author does not use varying sentence structure and has run-ons or sentence fragments
23	Word Choice	Author uses precise word choice and usage, and sophisticated language	Author uses precise word choice and usage, but the language is not terribly sophisticated	Author uses adequate language with few errors in precision of word choice and usage	Author uses adequate language with many errors in precision of word choice and usage	Author uses limited language with many errors in precision of word choice and usage	Author demonstrates an inadequate command of vocabulary
24	Voice	Author uses formal language appropriate for a formal paper and uses only 3rd person voice	Author uses formal language appropriate for a formal paper and uses 1st or 2nd person voice once or twice	Author uses formal language appropriate for a formal paper but uses 1st or 2nd person voice a few times	Author uses formal language appropriate for a formal paper but uses 1st or 2nd person voice many times	Author uses informal language not appropriate for a formal paper and uses 1st or 2nd person voice many times	Paper reads more conversational and less like a formal paper
25	Transitions	Author uses a variety of transitions to effectively make a fluid movement and connection between different aspects of the paper		Author uses similar transitions fairly effectively to make fluid movement and connection between different aspects of the paper	Author uses similar transitions that aren’t terribly effective		Author does not use transitions
26	Conventions	Author does not make any errors in spelling or punctuation	Author makes a few errors in spelling or punctuation, but none distract from the content of the paper		Author makes a few errors in spelling or punctuation that distract from the content of the paper		Author makes many errors in spelling or punctuation that distract from the content of the paper
27	Conclusion	Conclusion is extremely interesting and effectively wraps up the paper without introducing a new point	Conclusion is extremely interesting and effectively wraps up the paper but introduces a new point	Conclusion is fairly interesting and effectively wraps up the paper	Conclusion is repetitive and not terribly interesting but effectively wraps up the paper	Conclusion is repetitive and not terribly interesting and leaves loose ends in the paper	There is no recognizable conclusion in the paper
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