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Compare & Contrast Essay Rubric

Students are to write an essay comparing and contrasting three common areas of discussion between Lucas and Rosenberg and Birdzell

Rubric Code: G463CW

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Subject: Humanities

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Compare and Contrast Essay Rubric 100 % content
	Effective Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas. 4 pts	Adequate Reader understands writer’s ideas. 3 pts	Marginal Reader occasionally has difficulty understanding or following the writer’s ideas. 2 pts	Inadequate Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas. 1 pts
Organization 20 % Essay Format & Structure	Effective Establishes a clear and logical organization using proper essay structure. Essay has introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and conclusion.	Adequate Uses an identifiable organizational plan. with proper essay structure. Essay has at least 5 paragraphs: but has a clear introduction and conclusion.	Marginal Shows some evidence of an organizational plan with an attempt at an essay structure but may have errors (i.e. may only have 4 paragraphs or structure may be weak, fail to indentation, etc.)	Inadequate Fails to organize ideas effectively.
Development & Details 60 % Body	Effective Achieves coherent development with a topic sentence, specific and relevant details and examples from both texts. Accurately develops relevant points of similarity and difference between authors in three identifiable areas.	Adequate Focused, but occasionally uneven development; incorporates a topic sentence with some specific detail from both texts. Develops relevant points, although it may not have specific details or details from both texts.	Marginal Has some development but lacks specific details; may be limited to a listing, repetitions, or generalizations. Lacks relevant points and or details from three areas. May have no topic sentence.	Inadequate Demonstrates little or no development; usually lacks details or examples or presents irrelevant information. May only address 1 or none of the relevant areas of comparison. No topic sentence.
Conventions of English 20 % Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation	Effective Consistently controls structure and the conventions of English. No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Adequate Generally controls sentence structure and the conventions of English. One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Marginal May demonstrate inconsistent control of sentence structure and the conventions of English. Three to four grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Inadequate May exhibit minimal or no control of sentence structure and the conventions of English. More than four grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.

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