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Grading Rubric for the Profile Essay Grading Rubric for the Profile Essay A tool to evaluate a 700-800 word profile essay detailing a person, place, or activity Rubric Code: FXC9785 By rpenarodriguez Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Content, Development & Organization
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 20 pts	Excellent 25 pts
Content & Development	Poor Very weak development. Not enough explanations, examples, details, or reasons to support the main idea.	Fair Weak development. Lacks content. Explanations, examples, details, or reasons are not sufficient to support the main idea.	Good Stronger development. Gives 2 or more supporting points, but still needs more proof/reasons/details to be totally credible.	Excellent Strong development. 3 or more solid supporting points that are are credible, clearly explained, and provide strong support for thesis.
Organization	Poor Ideas are not divided properly into unified, cohesive and coherent paragraphs. Lacks clear chronological or topical plan. Ideas are not divided into introduction, body, and conclusion.	Fair Ideas are divided into paragraphs, though weakly or inconsistently unified. Unclear chronological or topical plan. Poorly divided into introduction, body, and conclusion.	Good Ideas are divided into paragraphs. Effective unity and cohesiveness. Good chronological or topical plan. Divided into a serviceable introduction, body, and conclusion.	Excellent Ideas are divided into paragraphs. Effective unity and cohesiveness. Deft chronological or topical plan. Divided into a striking introduction, body, and conclusion.
Descriptive Language & Vocabulary
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 20 pts	Excellent 25 pts
Descriptive Language & Vocabulary	Poor Writer does not use descriptive language and/or quotes to describe the person, place, or activity. Simple vocabulary and little or no academic vocabulary.	Fair Writer uses some descriptions and/or quotes, but it is difficult to visualize the person, place, or activity. Fairly simple vocabulary. Some academic vocabulary.	Good Writer uses some descriptions and/or quotes to describe the person, place, or activity. Good use of academic vocabulary.	Excellent Excellent descriptions and quotes to help visualize the person, place, or activity. Very good use of academic vocabulary.
Style and Perspective
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 20 pts	Excellent 25 pts
Style and Perspective	Poor Writing is confusing and hard to follow. Sentences are dull and monotonous. Author's perspective is not clear.	Fair Writing is mostly clear, but sentences lack variety and interest. The point of view is inconsistent or not clear in spots.	Good Writing is clear and easy to understand, but dull in spots. Sentences are varied, but still need some revision. Perspective is clear.	Excellent Writing is smooth, skillful, and coherent. Sentences are strong and expressive with varied structure. Point of view is consistent (predominately 3rd person) and words are well chosen.
Grammar
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 15 pts	Excellent 20 pts
Grammar	Poor Contains many spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors, which make the writing difficult to understand.	Fair Some punctuation, grammar, and spelling errors make the writing difficult to understand in spots.	Good Punctuation, spelling, grammar, and capitalization are generally correct. The errors don't interfere with the writer's meaning.	Excellent No errors in punctuation, spelling, grammar, or capitalization that distract the reader and make the ideas difficult to understand.
Formatting
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Formatting	Poor Does not follow formatting guidelines for this assignment.	Fair Several errors in formatting.	Good Formatting is missing one or two elements.	Excellent Follows all the specifications: double spaced, 12 point font, paragraphs are indented and pages numbered. MLA style is followed for heading.

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profile essay, Freshman Composition

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