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Expository Essay

3 to 5 page Essay on the State of African American Males

Rubric Code: F994WW

By sfwilson24

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Expository Essay
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Introduction	Poor Introduction is very weak, does not have thesis or preview of main points.	Fair Introduction is functional. May have thesis, but does not preview main points	Good The introduction simply states topic, has thesis and previews main points but does not hook reader well	Excellent The introduction does an excellent job of hooking the reader into the essay. It includes the thesis and previews the main points
Thesis Statement	Poor Thesis is not present and/or clear	Fair Thesis is present, but doesn't include reasons for the essay's purpose	Good Thesis is present and clearly written with some support of essay's purpose	Excellent Thesis is present and clear and supports the essay's purpose
Supporting details/textual support	Poor No supporting details from the readings are present in the body paragraphs	Fair Each body paragraph contains at least one supporting detail	Good Each body paragraph contains at least two supporting details	Excellent Each body paragraph contains at least 3 supporting details
Logical Order	Poor The supporting details within the essay as a whole are not developed in a logical order	Fair The writer attempts to develop the essay in a logical order, but some of the essay may be presented in an order readers may find confusing	Good Most of the essay is presented in a logcial order and readers should have little trouble following the supporting details	Excellent The essay is developed in a logical order appropriate to the wrtier's purpose and reader's needs.
Transitions	Poor Transitions are not present or do not effectively direct readers from one point to the next	Fair Transitions are present but do not effectively direct readers from one point to the next. They may be basic and/or confusing	Good Transitions are present and direct readers from one point to the next but seem functional. They may be basic and/or confusing	Excellent Transitionare present and effectively direct readers from one point to the next. They exhibit sophistication on the part of the writer
Grammar, Mechanics & MLA	Poor The essay contains many errors in usuage, spelling, mechanics and MLA format	Fair The essay contains several errors in usuage, spelling, MLA format and mechanics	Good The essay contains few errors in usage, spelling, MLA format and mechanics	Excellent The essay is largely error free in usage, spelling, MLA format and mechanics
Conclusion	Poor There is no conclusion. The essay just ends without summing up or restating the topic. It does not tie the details together	Fair There is an attempt at a conclusion, but it doesn't restate the topic or tie the details together	Good The conclusion sums up the topic by restating it, but it does not tie the details together	Excellent The conclusion does an excellent job of summing up or restating the topic and tying the details together.

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