CATEGORY

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Organization

Organizes and presents its findings, conclusions, and recommendations convincingly.

Presents findings, conclusions, and recommendations with some degree of organization.

Is able to place information, findings, and graphics into the presentation template but lacks organization.

Is disorganized in its approach to making the presentation.

Persuasiveness

Makes a dramatic and compelling argument.

Makes a credible effort to persuade the audience.

Shows little evidence of persuasion.

Is not at all persuasive in presentation.

Commitment (Voice)

The writer successfully uses several reasons/appeals to try to show why the reader should care or want to know more about the topic.

The writer successfully uses one or two reasons/appeals to try to show why the reader should care or want to know more about the topic.

The writer attempts to make the reader care about the topic, but is not really successful.

The writer made no attempt to make the reader care about the topic.

Support for Topic (Content)

Relevant, telling, quality details give the reader important information that goes beyond the obvious or predictable.

Supporting details and information are relevant, but one key issue or portion of the storyline is unsupported.

Supporting details and information are relevant, but several key issues or portions of the storyline are unsupported.

Supporting details and information are typically unclear or not related to the topic.

Sentence Structure (Sentence Fluency)

All sentences are well-constructed with varied structure.

Most sentences are well-constructed with varied structure.

Most sentences are well-constructed but have a similar structure.

Sentences lack structure and appear incomplete or rambling.