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Image Analysis

Students are to write an essay based upon an image they have chosen and analyzed

Rubric Code: YC6984

By mahannak

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Categories
	Poor 9 pts	Fair 12 pts	Good 15 pts
Writing Task Fulfillment	Poor The essay is not directly responsive to the writing task. The writer has not followed assignment instructions. The writer has not applied important concepts from the course.	Fair The essay is directly responsive to the writing task. The writer follows all or nearly all assignment instructions. The writer attempts to apply concepts from the course.	Good The essay is directly responsive to the writing task. The writer follows all assignment instructions. The writer applies concepts from the course.
Rhetorical content	Poor Due to poor rhetorical analysis, the writer fails to make appropriate rhetorical decisions regarding content, arrangement, style, format.	Fair The writer analyzes the rhetorical situation and makes mostly appropriate rhetorical decisions regarding content, arrangement, style, format.	Good The writer analyzes the rhetorical situation and makes appropriate rhetorical decisions regarding content, arrangement, style, format.
Invention/Thesis	Poor The writer has not invented first, discovering (or creating) a focused and insightful thesis and support. The entire essay does not support, develop the thesis.	Fair The writer has invented first, discovering (or creating) a focused and insightful thesis and support. The essay mostly supports, develops the thesis.	Good The writer has invented first, discovering (or creating) a focused and insightful thesis and support. The entire essay supports, develops the thesis.
Insightful thesis/support	Poor The essay lacks a focused and insightful one-sentence thesis statement. The essay reports but lacks analysis or focus.	Fair The essay has a focused one sentence thesis and is followed with topic sentences and support	Good The essay has a focused and insightful one-sentence thesis statement, uses supporting strategies and has strong support.
conciseness	Poor The writing is not concise—clear and succinct; to-the-point; and free from unnecessary repetition, wordiness, and superfluous elaboration.	Fair The writing is mostly concise—clear and succinct; to-the-point; and free from unnecessary repetition, wordiness, and superfluous elaboration.	Good The writing is concise—clear and succinct; to-the-point; and free from unnecessary repetition, wordiness, and superfluous elaboration.
Organization	Poor Ideas are not well organized, do not lead to a well-formed thesis with supports, and lacks a conclusion.	Fair Ideas are pretty well organized with a brief and purposeful introduction leading the reader from the essay’s thesis to the supports, and to a conclusion.	Good Ideas are clearly organized with a brief and purposeful introduction leading the reader from the essay’s thesis to the supports, and then a conclusion.
Sentences	Poor Sentences are not clear, concise, complete, or grammatically correct.	Fair Sentences are mostly clear, concise, complete, and grammatically correct.	Good 7. Sentences are clear, concise, complete, and grammatcially correct.
Editing and Proofreading	Poor The essay lacks college-level editing and proofreading. It has more than four editing/proofreading errors per page.	Fair The essay is edited and proofread. It has no more than three editing/proofreading errors per page.	Good The essay is edited and proofread. It has no more than one editing/proofreading error per page.
Diction/word choice	Poor Word choice is inappropriate or incorrect. Word choice might not be natural and straightforward.	Fair Word choice is appropriate and correct. Writers use the word that means what they mean to say. Word choice is natural and straightforward.	Good Word choice is appropriate and correct. Word choice is natural and straightforward. Writers don’t seek out unusual language to make simple ideas sound more complex.
MLA/APA Format	Poor Does not follow MLA or APA format and is possibly plagiarized.	Fair The essay follows MLA/APA guidelines for integrating and citing sources, but contains some errors.	Good The essay follows MLA/APA guidelines for integrating and citing sources, and contains few errors.

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English

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