CATEGORY

100-90

89-80

79-70

69-60

59 and Below

Title

Title is interesting, has a rhetorical figure, and you can anticipate content of essay

Title is somewhat clever and has rhetorical figure

Not really attention grabbing, no rhetorical figure

Generic title not clever, no rhetorical figure

No title

Thesis Statement

Clearly stated in first paragraph

Thesis is stated but is a little confusing

Thesis is not stated very clearly

Hard to determine thesis statement

No thesis

Attention Grabber

Good attention grabber in introduction

Decent attention grabber, not the best

Lack of attention grabber

No attention grabber

No attention grabber

Introduction

Good introduction clearly expresses what will be covered in the paper

Pretty clear of what will be covered in the essay

A little difficult to what will be covered

Hard to determine what will be covered

No introduction

Definitions

Clearly states both definitions

Somewhat clearly states definitions

States one of the definitions

States part of one of the definitions

Does not state definitions

Support/evidence

Has a lot of support and evidence about subject

Has a decent amount of evidence about subject

Has some evidence

Has little evidence

Has no evidence

Transitions

Uses a lot of transitions

Uses some transitions

Uses 1 or 2 transitions

Uses 1 or less transitions

Uses no transitions

Grammar and Mechanics

Good grammar few mistakes

Good grammar with 6 or less mistakes

Decent grammar with 10 or less mistakes

Decent grammar with 13 or less mistakes

Bad grammar with 20+ mistakes

Closing Paragraph

Restates main points and ends with reference to thesis

Restates some points and references thesis

Restates points but doesn't reference thesis

Doesn't restate points and barely references thesis

Doesn't restate or reference thesis

Background Information

Gives good background on artist

Gives pretty good background on artist

Gives some background on artist

Gives little background on artist

Gives no background information

Analysis

Analyzes paper using the method we have learned

Gives a somewhat anlaysis of painting using 6 steps

Gives some analysis of painting

Gives poor analysis of painting

Gives no analysis of painting

Format requirement

Meets requirement fully

Meets some of the requirement

Meets few of requirements

Meets little of requirements

Meets no requirements