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Persuasive Essay Rubric

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I will use this rubric to score and grade the completed persuasive writing essays

Rubric Code: G6XW7B

By kbaldelli

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

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Persuasive Essay
	Below Basic 1 pts	Basic 2 pts	Proficient 3 pts	Advanced 4 pts
Introduction	Below Basic No attention grabber, no thesis statement	Basic An attempt at an attention grabber, unclear thesis statement	Proficient A good, clear attention grabber, clear thesis statement	Advanced A clever, persuasive attention grabber, clear thesis statement
Body	Below Basic No topic sentence and no details or examples. Lack of any persuasive techniques.	Basic Unclear topic sentence and often unrelated details and/or examples. Some use of persuasive techniques.	Proficient Clear topic sentence and related details and examples. Clear use of persuasive techniques.	Advanced Clear topic sentence and DETAILED supporting thoughts and examples. Clearly persuasive
Conclusion	Below Basic Does not restate thesis, only copies the opening thesis statement. No thought provoking statement or question.	Basic Restates thesis, an attempt at a thought provoking statement or question.	Proficient Restates thesis that links well, A thought provoking statement or question.	Advanced Restates thesis that links well and a very interesting statement or question to tie things together and leave reader thinking
Organization	Below Basic No organization/No transitions	Basic Slight organization/a few transitions	Proficient Organized with transitions	Advanced Extremely organized with appropriate transitions
Conventions	Below Basic Many grammatical errors. No variation in sentence length and style.	Basic Some grammatical errors. Some variation in sentence length and style.	Proficient Grammatical errors are not distracting. Variation length and style.	Advanced No errors and a wide array of sentence types and sentence structure