Holistic Scoring: Scale: 2 (Rudimentary)

A score of 2 designates a rudimentary piece of expositional or referential writing.

• Focus: the main idea is unclear, and the topic is unlimited.

• Organization: there is no clear plan; the essay's beginning and end are not effective.

• Development: few major ideas are set off by paragraphs; few paragraphs have stated or implied topics; supportive detail is imprecise, unclear or redundant.

• Style: sentence relationships at times are confusing; word choice is frequently inaccurate; tone is inappropriate.

• Correctness: many major and minor mechanical errors cause confusion.

• *References: source material is inappropriately or unclearly incorporated; documentation is infrequent.

Sample Essays

Method | Criteria | Scale | Sample graded papers