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Holistic
Scoring: Scale: 1 (Incoherent)
A score of 1
designates an incoherent piece of expositional or referential writing.
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Focus:
the subject and main idea are unclear; no
apparent attempt has been made to limit the topic.
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Organization: there is no discernible plan; no
attempt is made to compose an effective beginning and end.
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Development:
major ideas are not set off by
paragraphs; only one, if any, paragraph has a stated or implied topic; little or no
supporting detail is used.
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Style:
sentence relationships must be inferred;
word choice is often confusing; tone is inappropriate or distracting.
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Correctness:
many varied major and minor errors
occur, making the paper difficult to read.
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*References:
source material is never incorporated or
incorporated inappropriately or unclearly; documentation is inaccurate.
Sample Essays
Method |
Criteria | Scale
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