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CATEGORY
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100-90
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89-80
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79-70
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69-60
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Score
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Title
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title has to be clever and anticipates the content of the paper, a figure of style
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Talks about the content of the essay
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Not attention getting, does not relate to the content
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No title
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Thesis Statement
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Clearly formulated and shown in the first paragraph, relates to the content
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Stated in the intro paragraph but is not clearly defined
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very vague and not clearly defined
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no thesis statement at all
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Attention grabber
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it relates to the thesis statement and it is in the intro paragraph, about content to be talked about
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it is there but doesnt fully relate to the thesis statement
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none
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none
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Introduction
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The essay begins with a meaningful paragraph that relates to the main focus of the essay, contains attention grabber and thesis statement
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The paragraph is there and contains an attention grabber defined but does not relate to the thesis statement
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has an introductory paragraph but it does not include a thesis nor an attention grabber
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No intro
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Definitions
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Both topics are well defined in the essay
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Only one topic is defined
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none
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none
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Support and Evidence
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All evidence is backed up with facts about the artists life and is clearly stated in the essay
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There are facts about the artist and the aspects of his life but dont relate to the essay
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Facts are stated but they are not explained to the topic of the paper
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who are we talking about
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undefined
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Transitions
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All topics and ideas of the essay relate to one another and the paper has a nice flow to it
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The topics are loosely related and are not completely defined but they are there
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The topics are talked about seprately defined but do not relate to the topic or one another
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there are no transitions
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undefined
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Grammar and Mechanics
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the essay contains good tense, proper grammar
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only a few mistakes
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the essay is poorly written and lots of grammatical errors
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it is in another language
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undefined
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Closing paragraph
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this relates back to the thesis statement without stating it again
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The topic of the essay is talked about again but doesnt relate to the thesis
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There is a paragraph but it talks about a different topic and doesnt relate to the main thesis
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The paragraph talks about what the writer was having for breakfast while writing the paper before class
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undefined
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Background Knowledge
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The writer relates the essay to the topics and the paintings we discussed
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the writer knows which paintings we are talking about but does not define the artist and his thoughts in making the painting
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the writer doesnt clearly define what painting and artist we are writing this paper about
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no clue
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Analysis
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The writer relates the unit one chapter into the essay and defines what terms they are relating
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The terms are in the paper but not clearly defined or related
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some analysis is given but not enough
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none at all
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length
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It is more than the necessary requirement
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just about 3 pages
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Almost to the requirement
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intro then the closing paragraph
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