An A-B
paper will:
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clearly and concisely
summarize the argument (elucidating its main claim, reasons, organizational
pattern, and other relevant parts)
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clearly state the
article's medium and genre
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analyze the ethical,
logical, and emotional appeals used in the argument
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use
clear explanation to show
how the rhetorical appeals operate
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carefully characterize the
style of the essay (syntax and diction)
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be developed with specific
evidence and amass considerable details from the essay
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follow an effective
organizational pattern which is appropriate for the audience and has a logical
progression
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include paragraphs which
are coherent, unified, and effectively developed
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contain a variety of
skillfully constructed sentences
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promote clarity and
effectiveness with standard usage, mechanics, and spelling; and a precise and
ample vocabulary
A
C paper will:
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summarize the argument,
but leave out a few parts (elucidating its main claim, reasons, organizational
pattern, and other relevant parts)
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state the article's medium
and genre, but incompletely
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analyze the ethical,
logical, and emotional appeals used in the argument, but omit one or two
important appeals
-
use explanation to show
how the rhetorical appeals operate, but have limited explanation
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characterize the style of
the essay but in a limited way (syntax and diction)
-
be developed with
with some specific
evidence, but exclude some central pieces
-
follow an organizational
pattern which is appropriate for the audience and has a somewhat logical
progression
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include paragraphs which
are sometimes incoherent
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contain sentences which
are not always grammatically incorrect
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might contain a couple of
major errors
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contain sentences with
inconsistent use of standard usage, mechanics, spelling
A D-F
paper will
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fail to summarize the
argument clearly and concisely (elucidating its main claim, reasons,
organizational pattern, and other relevant parts)
-
not state the article's
medium and genre
-
provide an incomplete
analysis of the ethical, logical, and emotional appeals used in the argument
-
provide a shallow explanation
of
how the rhetorical appeals operate
-
mis-characterize the style
of the essay (syntax and diction)
-
use little or no
specific
evidence to support the analysis
-
follow a confusing
organizational pattern
-
include many paragraphs
which are incoherent
-
contain sentences which
are often grammatically incorrect
-
contain many major
errors
-
contain sentences with
very inconsistent use of standard usage, mechanics, spelling
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