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Writing Assessment Canons of Rhetoric Writing Assessment Canons of Rhetoric This rubric goes with a workshop on assessment for NCTC. Rubric Code: M22A54 By manlopez Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Writing Assessment Canons of Rhetoric
	Outstanding 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Troublesome 2 pts	Failing 1 pts
Invention Since invention concerns finding something to say, we include those holistic elements—audience and purpose—in this category (Chap 2, K&M). Furthermore, since we often establish a topic or prompt, proper attending to the prompt or the form (rhetorical strategy or aim), we assess that, too (cf: 56b in Aaron).	Outstanding Audience targeted / Purpose appropriate / Insight & imagination / Fluency / Originality	Good Audience clear / Purpose stated / Conventional ideas / Appropriate content / Sufficient elaboration	Troublesome Audience questionable / Purpose blurred / Vague central idea / Confused address to aim or prompt / Insufficient elaboration	Failing Audience ignored / Unfocused / Wrong prompt, strategy, or aim / Too little to assess
Arrangement Arrangement concerns the ordering of the text including both coherence and cohesion where coherence is tied to the old/new contract while cohesion refers to transitions. Conventional organization is the five-paragraph essay (Chap 3-4: K&M; Chap 6: Aaron).	Outstanding Coherent flow / Figures of repetition / Creative title	Good Conventional format / Some transitions / Minor shift in thought	Troublesome Organization attempted / Lacks transitions / Major shifts in thought / Lacks introduction or conclusion	Failing One or two paragraphs / Disjointed / Illogical
Style Style concerns the craft of word choice and figure development. It addresses tone, voice, and diction. Often considered the most rhetorical, it expresses HOW the writing impacts the audience, but without superficial layering of vocabulary and figures (Pt 3: Aaron; K&M: p 74-76).	Outstanding Distinctive voice / Consistent and appropriate tone / Academic vocabulary / Concise / Lively diction / Active verbs / Effective devices / Varied sentences	Good Competent / Appropriate tone / Conventional diction / Occasional wordiness / Occasional pronoun shift / Effective description / Some weak verbs / Stylistic shortcomings (you) / Slang / Occasional Engfish	Troublesome Awkward word choice / Inconsistent diction / Inappropriate tone, impolite, brusque / Engfish / Persistent pronoun shift / Overly familiar / Wordy / Excessive passive voice/you / Awkward construction / Weak verbs / Repetitive structure / Hackneyed phrasing / Profanity / Excessive slang	Failing Stylistic inefficiencies / Stylistic excesses / Nonstandard diction / Hostile tone / Illogical sentences
Memory Memory shifts the most depending upon the nature of the assignment. In research papers, memory governs the use of documentation. In literary assignments, it deals with reference to literary text and literary allusion. In expressive writing, it deals with the memorableness of the situation and thus relates to invention (K&M, Step 9; Chap 58, Aaron).	Outstanding Superior use of documentation / Abundant in-text citation / Credible resources / Provides website evaluations / Uses summary, and paraphrase / Limits quotations / Includes ethos of sources	Good Applies documentation / Excludes website evaluation / Quotations only	Troublesome Lacks documentation / No in-text citation / No Works Cited / Only web sources	Failing No documentation / Unacceptable web / sources / Plagiarized
Delivery Delivery concerns the presentation of the document which in these days of desktop publishing includes not only grammar, spelling, mechanics, and punctuation, but also the "look" of the document (Pt 4-6, Aaron; Chap 5, K&M).	Outstanding Grammar mastery / Appropriate punctuation / Proper capitalization / Consistent spelling / Non-distracting errors Meaning clear Attractive presentation	Good Occasional proofreading error / Errors present but not pervasive / Major error, but not enough for pattern	Troublesome Pattern(s) of error that hinders meaning: Proofreading / Verbs / Punctuation / Fused/fragmented sentences / Spelling / Prepositions / Pronoun/antecedent / Possessive/apostrophes	Failing Pattern(s) of error that obscures meaning: Proofreading / Verbs / Punctuation / Fused/fragmented sentences / Spelling / Prepositions / Pronoun/antecedent / Possessive/apostrophes

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