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Salutation and Closing

Salutation and closing have no errors in capitalization and punctuation. I grabbed Mr. Allsburg\\\\\\'s attention with a creative hook and followed it with a clear statement about my feelings about his works.

Salutation and closing have 1-2 errors in capitalization and punctuation. I tried to grab Mr. Allsburg\\\\\\'s attention with a hook, but it might need a little help. I might need some help clarifying my feelings about his works.

Salutation and closing have 3 or more errors in capitalization and punctuation. I forgot a hook to grab Mr. Allsburg\\\\\\'s attention with a hook, or I forgot to include a statement sharing my feelings about his works.

Salutation and/or closing are missing. I don\\\\\\'t have a hook, and I didn\\\\\\'t state my feelings about his work.

Ideas

Ideas were expressed in a clear and organized fashion. It was easy to figure out what the letter was about.

Ideas were expressed in a pretty clear manner, but the organization could have been better.

Ideas were somewhat organized, but were not very clear. It took more than one reading to figure out what the letter was about.

The letter seemed to be a collection of unrelated sentences. It was very difficult to figure out what the letter was about.

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