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Grapes and Gatsby / Argument Essay
Animal Farm Argument Essay
Comparing "The Grapes of Wrath" and "The Great Gatsby" write an argument for or against the American dream being attainable for the main characters from both novels. Cite your evidence and state a counterclaim and a clear rebuttal. Is the American dream money, love, social change or something else? Take into account the individual character and the circumstances they were born into.
Rubric Code:
MX6266A
By
nowakoja
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Subject:
English
Type:
Writing
Grade Levels:
9-12
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Argumentative Essay
Meets
5 pts
Emerging
3 pts
Beginning
2 pts
Introduction
2 paragraphs or more
Meets
Summary of what happened in "The Grapes of Wrath" and "The Great Gatsby".
Each paragraph should contain a minimum of 8 sentences.
Emerging
Partial summary.
Beginning
Beginning summary and missing key details
Body
2 paragraphs or more
Meets
Claim Evidence/ explain how a specific character from both novels has or has not achieved the American dream. Use citations.
Thesis is the last sentence. Thesis should have a hook and interest your audience.
Emerging
Not a clear explanation and evidence on how a specific character from both novels has or has not achieved the American dream.
Beginning
Missing textual evidence and a through explanations.
Counter Claim
Meets
State the opposing argument and offer a clear rebuttal using textual evidence for your choice of the character who is living the American dream. Use more then one example with citations.
Emerging
States the opposing argument and offers a rebuttal using textual evidence. Only uses one example with citation.
Beginning
States the opposing argument does not offer a clear rebuttal. Does not use textual evidence.
Conclusion
Meets
Summarizes and restates the thesis in an interesting way that captures the reader's attention and draws the argument to a conclusion.
Emerging
Weak concluding paragraph, does not summarize or restate the thesis clearly.
Beginning
Paragraph ends abruptly and does not capture the readers attention.
MLA Format
Mechanical
/Grammatical
Meets
Use quotation marks when quoting evidence.
Properly formatted with author and page numbers within parenthesis following the quote.
Emerging
Lacking at least one criteria from box 1 "Meets".
Mechanical/
Grammatical flaws
Beginning
Some what formatted but lacking.
Mechanical/
Grammatical flaws
Keywords:
argumentative essay, critical thinking essay
Subjects:
English
Philosophy
Types:
Writing
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