ENGL111 Rubric (Essay)

A (5) B (4) C/D (3) F (2) F (0) Total

 All parts of the process  One part of the process  Two parts of the process  Missing brainstorm,  No evidence of process and
& Format

well-developed and on- underdeveloped and one or underdeveloped outline or rough draft evidence of extreme
Process

task and all parts of the two minor format errors  and several minor format  and major format errors carelessness /5
essay carefully formatted errors

 Entire essay shows careful  Most of the essay has been  Half of the essay has been  Minimal editing and  Editing absent and
Editing

and thorough editing and carefully edited and most carefully edited and half of the overall lack of accuracy demonstrates inability to
errors are identified and errors are identified and errors have been identified and in resolving errors identify and correct errors /5
appropriately resolved appropriately resolved resolved with a fair level of
accuracy
 Clear, well- developed,  Clear thesis statement, but  Clear thesis statement but with  Unclear and unfocused  Missing the thesis
sophisticated thesis lack of sophistication grammatical errors thesis statement statement
Organization & Cohesion

statement
 Introduction is  Introduction is on  Introduction is vague or  Introduction does not  Introduction is
relevant & interesting topic overly general but is still introduce the topic of missing
related to the topic of the essay the essay or introduces
unrelated points
 Complete and strong  Clear conclusion  Incomplete or weak conclusion  Unrelated conclusion  Missing conclusion
conclusion
/25
 Effective sequence of  Needing improvement in  Sequence of ideas not effective  Little organization of  Illogical organization
ideas sequence of ideas ideas
 Cohesion achieved by  1-2 errors in use of signaling  Several errors in use of  Limited use of signaling  Choppy sentences (no use
appropriate signaling words, key words or pronouns signaling words words of signaling words)
words, key words and
correct pronouns
 Perfect assigned rhetoric,  On-topic and evidence of  Several errors in logic or facts  Mostly illogical and off-  Illogical and off-
logic or facts careful thought topic topic/rhetoric
 Sophisticated  Main supports are adequately  Most main supporting points  1 main supporting point  Only one main supporting
development of main developed and focused under-developed missing point
ideas
 Fully developed details  Some related details for all  Limited related details for only  Unrelated/illogical  No details for main
main supporting points one main supporting point details supports /25
 Complete & accurate in-  Errors in paraphrasing or  Significant errors in the in-text  Reference list or in-text  Both reference list & in-
text citations and minor errors in in-text citation citations and/or reference list citations missing text citations missing
reference list and/or reference list
Content

 Creating interest in the  Showing a moderate level of  Some evidence of interest in  Generalized and  Rudimentary style and
topic and showing a high interest in the topic & some the topic but lacking simplistic presentation of ideas
level of sophistication of level of sophistication of ideas sophistication
style and ideas and style
 Academic vocabulary  Mostly academic register  Slang, contractions, informal  Arbitrary synonym  Inappropriate or
used throughout and  but some unnatural usage register & archaic language substitutions incoherent vocabulary
handled with a high level
of skill
Word Choice

 No spelling/word  1-2 errors in word  Several errors in word  Errors in half of the  Numerous errors in word
form/word choice errors choice/spelling/form choice/spelling/forms words form & spelling /20
forms/spelling/choice
 Consistent use of  1-2 unnecessary shifts of  A few unnecessary shifts in  Many unnecessary shifts  Sentence subject
voice/pronoun voice/pronoun point of view in point of view unidentifiable
 Use of a broad range of  Some higher level vocabulary  Mostly simple vocabulary  Limited/repetitive  Vocabulary inadequate to
vocabulary usage vocabulary task
 No verb tense or sub-verb  Most sentences free of verb  Half of the sentences having  Several verb tense and  Majority of sentences
agreement errors tense and/or sub-verb verb tense and/or sub-verb sub-verb agreement having verb tense and sub-
agreement errors agreement errors errors verb agreement errors
 Error-free sentences
 90% of sentences error-free  75% of the sentences free of  50% sentences with  Majority of sentences with
Grammatical Range &

errors grammatical errors grammatical errors

 Variety of well-  Some range of sentence  A large amount of structural  Sentence construction  Major structural errors
constructed & advanced types, with no major errors but errors are non- causing strain for the impeding communication; /20
sentence types ;clauses structural errors; Use of impeding; attempts to reader; attempts to no use of subordinate
used with a high level of subordinate clauses is mostly incorporate subordinate include clauses, but with clauses
technical skill and appropriate and accurate clauses, but with several minor major errors in accuracy
Accuracy

presented in a naturalistic although occasionally lacking errors in accuracy

way in skill
 No errors in  1-2 punctuation or  A few punctuation and  Many capitalization  Major capitalization and
capitalization or capitalization errors capitalization errors and punctuation punctuation errors
punctuation errors
Instructor’s comment:
Total
/100
ENGL111 Rubric (Essay)