Southeast Missouri State University Wriiting Lab
 
 

Holistic Scoring: Scale: 4 (Adequate)


A score of 4 designates an adequate piece of expositional or referential writing.

  • Focus: the main idea is clear or clearly implicit, and the topic is partially limited.

  • Organization: a logical plan is signaled by transitions; the essay's beginning and end are somewhat effective.

  • Development: most major ideas are set off by paragraphs which mainly have stated or implied topics; the main idea and almost all major points are supported by concrete, specific detail.

  • Style: sentences in paragraphs are subordinate to topics; word choice is almost always accurate; tone is sometimes appropriate.

  • Correctness: there may be a few major and minor mechanical errors.

  • *References: source material is incorporated logically and adequately; sources are documented accurately for the most part.

Sample Essay Score 4

 

Method | Criteria | Scale | Sample graded papers

 

 

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Updated October 15, 2008
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