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English 103 Exit Exam Fall 2008

This course is designed to help students clarify and refine their thinking and reasoning processes, allowing them more effectively solve problems and analyze complex issues. Students will develop skills in critical thinking, reading, and writing which will help them succeed in their other academic coursework, regardless of discipline. Writing assignments will emphasize critical analysis and argumentation.

Rubric Code: Q3X8X2

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Subject: English

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103 Exit Exam
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts
Thesis statement Thesis statement clearly addresses the prompt and takes a clear stand on the controversial topic.	Poor Thesis is not clear due to errors in logic, mechanics, or grammar. Thesis may not address prompt.	Fair Thesis is fairly clear, but may contain errors in reasoning. Thesis may be loosely based on prompt.	Good Thesis clearly addresses prompt.
Supporting Paragraphs Supporting paragraphs contain clear topic sentences that support the thesis. If a source is used, it must be clearly cited in MLA format.	Poor Body paragraphs do not contain clear support of thesis. Writing may contain serious grammatical errors such as errors in subject-verb agreement, tense, and sentence fragments.	Fair Body Paragraphs may contain vague support or moderate grammatical errors such as a few subject-verb agreement errors that may reflect proofreading problems. There may be an attempt at citing sources, but formatting is incorrect. There may be repetitive signal phrases.	Good Body paragraphs have topic sentences that clearly support thesis and are relatively free of grammatical errors. If a source is used, it is clearly cited in MLA format. Signal phrases are varied and precise.
Conclusion Conclusion of essay may provide a summation of of reasoning and support, but does not repeat it. It may also contain a statement of benefits or final appeals to emotion or reason.	Poor Essay lacks a conclusion; conclusion is off topic; conclusion contains too many grammatical errors or errors in logic.	Fair Conclusion is too repetitive or does not reflect thesis and support. Thesis may have needed a careful proofreading and editing.	Good Conclusion honors the thesis and support, but does not repeat it verbatim; it may make final reasonable appeals to emotion; it may contain statement of benefits.
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Well developed essay A well developed essay will contain at least 5 paragraphs totalling at least 500 words; it will have a clear thesis statement with supportive reasoning and examples	Poor Thesis is weak; body paragraphs lack clear supportive details and examples	Fair Thesis is clear. Body paragraphs contain supportive reasoning, but may lack examples; or paper would have benefitted from additional supportive paragraphs	Good Thesis is clear; all body paragraphs contain clear reasoning and examples; conclusion eloquently sums up discussion
Grammar	Poor Paper will contain serious grammatical errors such as: more than 2 subject-verb agreement errors; more than 3 fragments; continuous pronoun agreement errors; errors in tense are varied; grammatical errors vary in type; some sentences may not make any sense;	Fair Paper may have limited intrusive errors such as subject-verb agreement (2); perhaps a fragment or two; errors in tense are consistent (same problem, so it can be easily addressed)	Good Paper may have very few minor grammatical errors, i.e. perhaps pronoun confusion and agreement errors; a dangling modifier; errors that seem related to proofreading moreso than poor skills

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Critical Thinking

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English

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