{"id":274,"date":"2011-12-07T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/?page_id=274"},"modified":"2017-06-16T12:52:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T16:52:46","slug":"grading-rubric-for-generic-essay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/grading-rubric-for-generic-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"Grading Rubric for Generic Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>An A Paper<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>On top of all things, fully competent, exceptionally interesting<br \/>\nHighly complex, nuanced<\/li>\n<li>Has a point to make; makes sophisticated distinctions<\/li>\n<li>So well organized that it handles the reader in a sophisticated<br \/>\nmanner<\/li>\n<li>Plays around with diction to create smart special effects<\/li>\n<li>Grammar and Mechanics do not get noticed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>A B Paper:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fully competent<\/li>\n<li>Interesting, complex, nuanced<\/li>\n<li>Has a point to make, uses some complex distinctions<\/li>\n<li>Well-organized, structure never breaks down<\/li>\n<li>Grammar and mechanics are essentially error free<\/li>\n<li>Diction is adequate and competent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>A C Paper:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Competent but flawed<\/li>\n<li>Has something to say, although possibly simplistic or unclear<\/li>\n<li>Recognizable organization, although it may be off in some parts<br \/>\n(but not many)<\/li>\n<li>Diction is adequate with occasional howlers<\/li>\n<li>Crammar and mechanics are generally correct with minor problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>A D Paper:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Marginally competent<\/li>\n<li>Must have something right with it<\/li>\n<li>Has a point, although it may not be clear<\/li>\n<li>Attempts organization, but partially fails<\/li>\n<li>Diction may be off<\/li>\n<li>Grammar and mechanics may have serious problems, but ones acceptable for college students, e. g., comma splices,<br \/>\nsentence fragments, or other major sentence errors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>An F paper:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Does not fulfill the assignment<\/li>\n<li>Has no apparent point or direction; doesn&#8217;t say anything.<\/li>\n<li>Lacks any recognizable organization<\/li>\n<li>Grammar and mechanics may be riddled with errors, often serious<br \/>\nones<\/li>\n<li>Diction may be off<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*This rubric was developed by Angela Weisl of the English Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An A Paper On top of all things, fully competent, exceptionally interesting Highly complex, nuanced Has a point to make; makes sophisticated distinctions So well organized that it handles the reader in a sophisticated manner Plays around with diction to create smart special effects Grammar and Mechanics do not get noticed A B Paper: Fully &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/grading-rubric-for-generic-essay\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grading Rubric for Generic Essay&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":600,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-274","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/600"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1322,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274\/revisions\/1322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}