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AP Essay Rubric - First Quarter Rhetorical Analysis

AP Essay Rubric - Rhetorical Analysis

Rhetorical Analysis

Rubric Code: NXW8AW3

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

AP Essay Rubric
	Little Success (1-2) (N/A)	Inadequate (3-4) (N/A)	Inconsistent/Limited (5) (N/A)	Adequate (6-7) (N/A)	Effective (8-9) (N/A)
Addresses all the tasks--25 points	Little Success (1-2) These essays demonstrate minimal understanding of the topic or the passage.	Inadequate (3-4) These essays are weaker than the 5 score because the writer overlooks or perhaps misreads important ideas in the passage.	Inconsistent/Limited (5) Essays that earn a medium score complete the essay task, but with no special insights; the analysis lacks depth and merely states the obvious. Frequently, the ideas are predictable and the paragraph development weak. Although the writing conveys the writer's ideas, they are presented simplistically and often contain lapses in diction or syntax.	Adequate (6-7) Medium-scoring essays complete the tasks of the essay topic well - they show some insight but usually with less precision and clarity than high-scoring essays.	Effective (8-9) High-scoring essays thoroughly address all the tasks of the essay prompt in well-organized responses. Overall, high-scoring essays present thoroughly developed, intelligent ideas; sound and logical organization; strong evidence; and articulate diction.
Style Word choice (diction) use of transition, varieyt in syntax and sentence beginnings	Little Success (1-2) Perhaps unfinished, these essays offer no analysis of the passage and little or no evidence for the student's ideas. Incorrect assertions may be made about the passage.	Inadequate (3-4) The student may summarize the passage's ideas instead of analyzing them.	Inconsistent/Limited (5) Although the writing conveys the writer's ideas, they are presented simplistically and often contain lapses in diction or syntax.	Adequate (6-7) There may be lapses in correct diction or sophisticated language, but the essay is generally well written.	Effective (8-9) The writing demonstrates stylistic sophistication and control over the elements of effective writing, although it is not necessarily faultless.
Conventions	Little Success (1-2) portray control of basic grammar and spelling and emerging maturity in sentence structure	Inadequate (3-4) present no hindrance to readability and lapse when taking risks for the sake of sophistication	Inconsistent/Limited (5) convey the writer's ideas with consistent stylistic sophistication with few lapses in diction or syntax.	Adequate (6-7) develop cogent ideas; sound and logical organization; strong evidence; and articulate diction	Effective (8-9) present thoroughly developed, intelligent ideas; sound and logical organization; strong evidence; and artful diction.
Rhetorical Analysis	Little Success (1-2) misrepresents the prompt, paraphrases the passage, and or lists or alludes to some strategies that may or may not be accurate	Inadequate (3-4) provides examples of rhetorical strategies that exhibit an emerging understanding and identification of those strategies.	Inconsistent/Limited (5) demonstrates a limited understanding of how rhetorical strategies create an author's point with observations about the strategies	Adequate (6-7) clearly demonstrates sufficient examination of the central arguments through relevant rhetorical strategies and their intended effects	Effective (8-9) develops significant understanding of the passage, its intent, and rhetorical strategies with insight into nuance, motif, and conventions of text structure
Introduction	Little Success (1-2) attention getter present; thesis statement present	Inadequate (3-4) attention getter present; thesis statement foreshadows organization of essay	Inconsistent/Limited (5) attention getter present, offers background that ties in to attention getter; thesis statement foreshadows organization of essay	Adequate (6-7) attention getter interesting, offers background that ties in to attention getter; thesis statement foreshadows organization of essay	Effective (8-9) strong, effective attention getter; offers effective background that explains attention getter; thesis statement is sophisticated; foreshadows organization of essay
Conclusion	Little Success (1-2) restates thesis; contains other summary material but does not bring argument to logical conclusion	Inadequate (3-4) restates thesis and elements of essay; clincher is evident	Inconsistent/Limited (5) restates thesis and elements of essay that prove point; clincher is evident and ties in with attention getter	Adequate (6-7) restates thesis and elements of essay that prove point; clincher is powerful and ties in with attention getter	Effective (8-9) restates thesis and elements of essay that prove point; effectively closes the sale:brings points to logical conclusion; clincher is powerful and ties in with attention getter
Follows MLA Guidelines	Little Success (1-2)	Inadequate (3-4)	Inconsistent/Limited (5)	Adequate (6-7)	Effective (8-9)
Completion	Little Success (1-2) partially addresses or alludes to one of the works	Inadequate (3-4) partially addresses more than one work	Inconsistent/Limited (5) partially addresses all of the works	Adequate (6-7) fully addresses most of the works	Effective (8-9) fully addresses all of the works

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AP Rhetorical Analysis

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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