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The thesis statement names the topic of the essay and outlines the main points to be discussed.
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The thesis statement names the topic of the essay.
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The thesis statement outlines some or all of the main points to be discussed but does not name the topic.
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The thesis statement does not name the topic AND does not preview what will be discussed.
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The introductory paragraph has a strong hook or attention grabber that is appropriate for the audience. This could be a strong statement, a relevant quotation, statistic, or question addressed to the reader.
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The introductory paragraph has a hook or attention grabber, but it is weak, rambling or inappropriate for the audience.
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The author has an interesting introductory paragraph but the connection to the topic is not clear.
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The introductory paragraph is not interesting AND is not relevant to the topic.
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All sentences are well-constructed with varied structure.
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Most sentences are well-constructed and there is some varied sentence structure in the essay.
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Most sentences are well constructed, but there is no variation is structure.
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Most sentences are not well-constructed or varied.
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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 some errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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Author makes errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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Author makes very many errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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Arguments and support are provided in a logical order that makes it easy and interesting to follow the author's train of thought.
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Arguments and support are provided in a fairly logical order that makes it reasonably easy to follow the author's train of thought.
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A few of the support details or arguments are not in an expected or logical order, distracting the reader and making the essay seem a little confusing.
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Many of the support details or arguments are not in an expected or logical order, distracting the reader and making the essay seem very confusing.
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