Scoring for formal letter.

Content 4 All of the content points are elaborated.

3 Most of the content points are covered.

2 Some of the content points are covered.

1 Only one or two content points are mentioned.

Coherence and cohesion A letter shows excellent sentence and paragraph level cohesion. It is divided logically into paragraphs. A letter in most cases shows good sentence and paragraph level cohesion. It is mostly logically divided into paragraphs. Use of cohesive devices is often inappropriate. The organization of the letter is often illogical. Cohesive devices are used mostly inappropriately. The organization of a letter is mostly illogical.

Vocabulary Uses a wide range of vocabulary appropriately.

Grammar Uses a wide range of grammatical structures correctly.

Register Register is conformed to a formal letter format.

Has a good command of vocabulary, though there some inappropriate uses. Uses vocabulary frequently inappropriately.

Uses grammatical structures in most appropriately.

Register is in most cases conformed to a formal letter format.

Uses Register is grammatical frequently structures inappropriate. inappropriately.

In most cases uses vocabulary inappropriately.

In most cases Register is in uses most cases grammatical inappropriate. structures inappropriately.

0 No content points are mentioned.