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Persuasiveessayrubric
Persuasiveessayrubric
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4AboveStandards
3MeetsStandards
2ApproachingStandards 1BelowStandards
AttentionGrabber
Theintroductory
paragraphhasastrong
hookorattention
grabberthatis
appropriateforthe
audience.Thiscouldbe
astrongstatement,a
relevantquotation,
statistic,orquestion
addressedtothereader.
Theintroductory
paragraphhasahookor
attentiongrabber,butit
isweak,ramblingor
inappropriateforthe
audience.
Theauthorhasan
interestingintroductory
paragraphbutthe
connectiontothetopicis
notclear.
Theintroductory
paragraphisnot
interestingANDisnot
relevanttothetopic.
FocusorThesis
Statement
Thethesisstatement
namesthetopicofthe
essayandoutlinesthe
mainpointstobe
discussedwithaccurate
sources.
Thethesisstatement
namesthetopicofthe
essayandconnectstoa
coupleofthesources.
Thethesisstatement
outlinesthemainpointsto
bediscussedbutdoesnot
namethetopic.
Thethesisstatement
doesnotnamethetopic
ANDdoesnotpreview
whatwillbediscussed.
SupportforPosition
Includesaminimumof
3crediblesourcesthat
supporttheposition
statement.Thewriter
anticipatesthereader\'s
concerns,biasesor
argumentsandhas
providedatleast1
counterargument.
Includes3credible
Includes2crediblesources Includes1orfewer
sourcesthatsupportthe thatsupporttheposition
sourceswithlittle
positionbutdoesnot
statement.
connectiontoargument.
includeacounter
argument.
Grammar&Spelling Authormakesnoerrors
ingrammarorspelling
thatdistractthereader
fromthecontent.
Authormakes12
errorsingrammaror
spellingthatdistractthe
readerfromthecontent.
Authormakes34errorsin
grammarorspellingthat
distractthereaderfromthe
content.
Authormakesmore
than4errorsin
grammarorspelling
thatdistractthereader
fromthecontent.
Score