Important Poor Fair Good Excellent

Information
The article does not The article tells 3 of The article contains The article provides
tell who, what, the following: who, all 5 W's: who, information on all
when, where or what, when, where what, where, when, five W's with
why/how. The facts or why/how. The and why/how. The descriptive
are incomplete or facts are primarily facts are complete language.A
wrong.No title is correct. Title has and correct.Simple captivating title is
given to the article. nothing to do with is given to the given to the article.
the article. article.
Reporting Format Poor Fair Good Excellent

The article is more The article contains The article contains The article begins
like a short story a lead but it is not an interesting/ with an exciting
and not interesting. exciting lead. lead, followed by a
journalistic. reasonable and
The article contains The article is free of purposeful
Does not contain a an opinion. opinions and has a argument/supporti
headline. headline. ng details. The
article does not
conclude abruptly.
Writing Mechanics Poor Fair Good Excellent

The article is vague The article contains The article is clear Writing is
and unclear. few sentences that and concise. descriptive,
are unclear to the providing detailed
The article contains reader. The article contains information. An
many spelling only 1 or 2 spelling extensive
errors. The article contains errors. vocabulary is used
few spelling errors. to keep the reader
The article contains The article contains interested and
many grammatical The article contains only 1 or 2 informed.
errors. few grammatical grammatical The article contains
errors. errors. no grammar
errors.
Editing and Poor Fair Good Excellent
Improving
The article was The article shows The article was The article is
neither edited nor some completely edited formatted clearly
improved. improvements and and improvements and concisely, with
edits. were made. little room for
improvement.

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