iRubric: Album/Book Persuasive Essaay rubric

Introduction is skillfully written to engage the audience and make them receptive. Topic is clearly understood and addressed in a sophisticated manner. The central claim is well crafted, clearly stated, argumentative in nature, and clearly defends, challenges, or qualifies the issue at hand in a more eloquent fashion than an 3 response. All necessary background information is included.

Introduction is well written and engages the audience and makes them receptive. Topic is clearly understood and addressed in an original manner. The central claim is well crafted, clearly stated, argumentative in nature, and clearly defends, challenges, or qualifies the issue at hand. Most necessary background information is included.

Introduction attempts to engage the audience and/or make them receptive. Topic is mostly understood and addressed. The central claim takes a position that defends, challenges, or qualifies the issue at hand but may awkward. Some background information is included.

Attempt to engage the audience awkward or vague. Topic is somewhat misunderstood but partially addressed. The central claim is inappropriate, weak, or unclear. No background information.

Makes a sophisticated and eloquent summary of the arguments.

Arouses a sense of relevance for the topic and motivates the audience to fully adopt your beliefs about the pairing.

Elevated by expert use of emotional appeals.

Makes a sophisticated summary of the arguments.

Arouses a sense of relevance for the topic and motivates the audience to consider your beliefs about the pairing.

Effective use of emotional appeals

Clearly summarizes the arguments and reinforces the thesis.

Motivates the audience to acknowledge your beliefs about the pairing.

Makes a limited attempt to utilize emotional appeals.

Summary of the arguments is limited.

Awkward tie back to thesis.

Ineffective attempt to appeal to audience in any fashion.

Sophisticated sense of audience.

Consistently conveys a highly academic tone, always addressing both hostile and receptive audiences with respect.

Skillfully asserts authority on the topic.

Effective sense of audience.

Conveys a highly academic tone, addressing both hostile and receptive audiences with respect for the most part.

Asserts authority on the topic.

Somewhat understands the audience.

Somewhat conveys an academic and respectful tone.

Does little to come across as an authority on the topic.

Makes an attempt to understand the audience.

Tone is elementary/informal and/or inconsistent.

Does not come across as an authority on the topic.

All sources are cited in- text in the correct MLA format and accounted for on the work cited page

Most sources are cited in- text in the correct MLA format and accounted for on the work cited page

Only one in-text citation

AND/OR

Work cited page not complete or formatted properly.

NO citations and/or work cited page