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Definition Essay

Students will combine skills being currently studied in AP English to write a definition essay. This essay may or may not be in standard 5-paragraph form, but should satisfy all requirements of an effective definition as well as personal statement. The term to define in this essay is art and the essay should reflect personal beliefs as well as evaluation of prominent works of art and artistic personalities.

Rubric Code: D82AXB

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

Definition Essay
	Excellent Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas. 4 pts	Good Reader understands writer’s ideas. 3 pts	Fair Reader occasionally has difficulty understanding or following the writer’s ideas. 2 pts	Poor Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas. 1 pts
Response to Prompt	Excellent Presents a clearly focused main idea that addresses prompt.	Good Uses the writing prompt to establish a main idea.	Fair Addresses the prompt, though the focus may shift.	Poor Attempts to address prompt but with little or no success in establishing a focus.
Organization	Excellent Establishes a clear and logical organization.	Good Uses an identifiable organizational plan.	Fair Shows some evidence of an organizational plan.	Poor Fails to organize ideas.
Development & Details	Excellent Achieves coherent development with specific and relevant details and examples.	Good Has focused but occasionally uneven development; incorporates some specific detail.	Fair Has some development but lacks specific details; may be limited to a listing, repetitions, or generalizations.	Poor Demonstrates little development; usually lacks details or examples or presents irrelevant information.
Conventions of English	Excellent Consistently controls structure and the conventions of Edited American English (EAE).	Good Generally controls sentence structure and the conventions of EAE.	Fair May demonstrate inconsistent control of sentence structure and the conventions of EAE.	Poor May exhibit minimal control of sentence structure and the conventions of EAE.
Word Choice	Excellent Exhibits varied and precise word choice.	Good Exhibits appropriate word choice.	Fair Exhibits a narrow range of word choice, often including inappropriate selections.	Poor Exhibits little variety of word usage, words are redundant.
Spelling and Punctuation	Excellent No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Good One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Fair Three to four grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Poor Four to six grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.