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5 Canons of Rhetoric 5 Canons of Rhetoric This rubric goes with a workshop on assessment for NCTC. Rubric Code: QX5BWW6 By MLeNoir Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Writing Assessment Canons of Rhetoric
	Outstanding 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Troublesome 2 pts	Failing 1 pts
Invention Include those holistic elements—audience and purpose—in this category. Establish a topic or prompt, proper attending to the prompt or the form (rhetorical strategy or aim)	Outstanding Audience targeted / Purpose appropriate / Insight & imagination / Fluency / Originality	Good Audience clear / Purpose stated / Conventional ideas / Appropriate content / Sufficient elaboration	Troublesome Audience questionable / Purpose blurred / Vague central idea / Confused address to aim or prompt / Insufficient elaboration	Failing Audience ignored / Unfocused / Wrong prompt, strategy, or aim / Too little to assess
Arrangement The ordering of the text including both coherence and cohesion where coherence is tied to the old/new contract while cohesion refers to transitions.	Outstanding The arrangement of ideas that are communicated are effective and reflect the character. Order of rhetoric within characterization	Good most rhetoric is organized in an effective manner. Rhetoric is mostly within the realm of the character	Troublesome Rhetoric does not fit the character.	Failing Arrangement is ineffective/nonexistent
Style Concerns word choice and figure development. It addresses tone, voice, and diction.	Outstanding Distinctive voice / Consistent and appropriate tone / Concise / Lively diction / Active verbs / Effective devices /	Good Competent / Appropriate tone / Conventional diction / Occasional wordiness / Effective description / Some weak verbs /	Troublesome Awkward word choice / Inconsistent diction/ Overly familiar / Wordy / Awkward construction / Weak verbs /	Failing Stylistic inefficiencies / Stylistic excesses / Nonstandard diction / Illogical sentences
Memory Fixing the words and proofs in the mind.	Outstanding Superior use of memorization/ Uses summary, and paraphrase /	Good adequate memorization	Troublesome pauses and stutters	Failing moments of complete forgetfullness
Delivery Stylistic choices in delivery.	Outstanding maintains diction of character/ maintains visible presentation/ Non-distracting errors/ Meaning clear	Good occasionally drops out of character Errors present but not pervasive /	Troublesome Regularly our of character and pauses to address teacher or class.	Failing Not in character or moment