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The opening has a strong hook or attention-grabber written with artistic flair. This could be a strong statement, a relevant quotation, statistic, or question addressed to the reader.
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The opening has a good hook or attention-grabber.
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The author has an interesting opening.
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The opening is bland or uninteresting.
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The opening is difficult to understand or fails to connect to the topic.
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The thesis statement is clear and well stated.
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The thesis statement is clear.
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The thesis statement is adequately stated.
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The thesis statement is poorly stated.
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No thesis statement is present.
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Includes 3 or more pieces of evidence (facts, statistics, examples, real-life experiences) that support the position statement.
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Includes 2 or more pieces of evidence (facts, statistics, examples, real-life experiences) that support the position statement.
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Includes 1 piece of direct evidence (facts, statistics, examples, real-life experiences) that supports the position statement.
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Includes 1 piece of evidence (examples, real-life experiences) that supports the position statement.
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Includes no pieces of evidence (facts, statistics, examples, real-life experiences).
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Author makes no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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Author makes 1-2 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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Author makes 3-4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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Author makes 5 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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Author makes 6 or more serious grammatical errors that seriously impede the fluency of the essay.
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