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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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The position statement provides a clear, strong statement of the author's position on the topic.
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The position statement provides a clear statement of the author's position on the topic.
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A position statement is present, but does not make the author's position clear.
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There is no position statement.
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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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Includes 3 reasons for position.
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Includes two reasons for position.
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Includes 1 reason for position.
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There are no reasons for position.
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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 more than 4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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