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Relevant, telling, quality details give the reader important information that goes beyond the obvious or predictable.
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Supporting details and information are relevant, but one key issue or portion of the storyline is unsupported.
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Supporting details and information are relevant, but several key issues or portions of the storyline are unsupported.
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Supporting details and information are typically unclear or not related to the topic.
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Writer makes little to no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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Writer makes few errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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Writer makes some errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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Writer makes several errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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Every paragraph has sentences that vary in length.
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Almost all paragraphs have sentences that vary in length.
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Some sentences vary in length.
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Sentences rarely vary in length.
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Paper is neatly written or typed with no distracting corrections.
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Paper is neatly written or typed with 1 or 2 distracting corrections (e.g.,dark cross-outs; bumpy white-out, words written over).
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The writing is generally readable, but the reader has to exert quite a bit of effort to figure out some of the words.
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Many words are unreadable OR there are several distracting corrections.
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All sentences sound natural and are easy-on-the-ear when read aloud. Each sentence is clear and has an obvious emphasis.
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Almost all sentences sound natural and are easy-on-the-ear when read aloud, but 1 or 2 are stiff and awkward or difficult to understand.
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Most sentences sound natural and are easy-on-the-ear when read aloud, but several are stiff and awkward or are difficult to understand.
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The sentences are difficult to read aloud because they sound awkward, are distractingly repetitive, or difficult to understand.
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