CATEGORY

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Grammer and Spelling

No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.

Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors

A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.

Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.

Amount of Information

All topics are addressed and all questions answered with at least 1 sentences about each.

All topics are addressed and most questions answered with at least 1 sentences about most.

All topics are addressed, and most questions answered with 1 sentence about some.

One or more topics were not addressed.

Sentences and Paragraphs

All paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence.

Most paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence.

Paragraphs included related information but were typically not constructed well.

Paragraphing structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs.

Length

The letter is 150 words or more.

The letter is 100 words or more.

The letter is 50 words or more.

The letter is less than 50 words.