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2-Paragraph Explanatory Essay Rubric 
3-Paragraph Essay Rubric
Students address the writing prompt: How is folklore simultaneously revealing and limiting?
Rubric Code: NXXXC3C
By RachelBarber
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Subject: English  
Type: Exam  
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Powered by iRubric 2-Paragraph Essay
  Effective

Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas.

10 pts

Adequate

Reader understands
writer’s ideas.

8 pts

Marginal

Reader occasionally has
difficulty understanding
or following the writer’s ideas.

6 pts

Below Marginal

Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas.

4 pts

Inadequate

Reader can make no sense of the writer's ideas.

2 pts

Response to Prompt
10 pts

Effective

Presents a clearly focused main idea/theme.
Adequate

Uses the assigned topic to establish a main idea/theme.
Marginal

Addresses the assigned topic/theme, though the focus may shift.
Below Marginal

Attempts to address assigned topic/theme but with little or no focus.
Inadequate

Does not attempt to address assigned topic/theme.
Organization
10 pts

Effective

Establishes a clear and logical organization.
Adequate

Uses an identifiable
organizational plan.
Marginal

Shows some evidence of an organizational plan.
Below Marginal

Fails to organize ideas.
Inadequate

Contains no organization or ideas.
Word Choice
10 pts

Effective

Exhibits varied and precise word choice. Figurative language is applied and used appropriately.
Adequate

Exhibits appropriate word choice. Figurative language is implied.
Marginal

Exhibits a narrow range of word choice, often including
inappropriate selections.
Below Marginal

Exhibits little variety of word usage, words are redundant.
Inadequate

Exhibits weak and/or
inappropriate words.
Spelling and Punctuation
10 pts

Effective

No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.
Adequate

One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.
Marginal

Three to four grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.
Below Marginal

Four to six grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.
Inadequate

More than six grammatical, spelling, or punctuational errors.
Style
10 pts

Effective

Essay has an interesting introductory statement that clearly states the focus, and an interesting conclusion that restates the main ideas and gives a personal connection that directly ties into the chosen theme.
Adequate

Essay has an introductory statement that states the focus, and a conclusion that restates the main ideas, and a personal connection that directly ties into the chosen theme.
Marginal

Introductory statement is unclear or does not state the main ideas. Conclusion does not restate the main ideas. personal connection does not directly tie into the chosen theme
Below Marginal

Essay lacks either an introductory statement, a conclusion, or a personal connection.
Inadequate

Essay lacks an introductory statement, a conclusion, and a personal connection.



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