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iRubric: Argumentative/Persuasive Rubric

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Argumentative/Persuasive Rubric Personal Narrative Rubric Overall Points:___________________ Grade:_________________________ Rubric Code: QX7W4XA By freefire Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Criteria
	Needs Improvement 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Introduction/opening statement	Needs Improvement No opening statement/no issue identified	Fair Identifies a basic issue	Good Clearly identifies issue with details. Makes an attempt to grab the reader's attention.	Excellent Opening statement clearly identifies an issue and does an excellent job of grabbing the reader's attention.
Thesis Statement	Needs Improvement Needs a thesis statement	Fair Presents a claim or an opinion-very basic or unclear.	Good Presents a clear claim or opinion.	Excellent Presents a well defined and compelling claim or opinion.
Reasons and Details	Needs Improvement Lack of reasons/details.	Fair Some details to support argument. Some are unclear or off topic.	Good Reasons/details are clear and support the argument. Few examples used	Excellent Reasons/details are clear and STRONGLY support the argument. Some examples used
Transition Words	Needs Improvement No transition words are used.	Fair Includes very few transition words.	Good Includes many transition words and phrases.	Excellent Excellent use of varied transition words throughout the essay.
Closing	Needs Improvement Has no closing sentence/conclusion.	Fair Closing unclear-offers a recommendation, but it is not meaningful or easy to understand.	Good Closing is clear and sums up the recommendation that relates to the thesis.	Excellent Closing is clear and does an excellent job of summing up why the thesis is the correct decision/side.
Organization	Needs Improvement Not all sections are complete.	Fair All sections are complete, but are not divided into paragraphs.	Good All sections are complete and separated into paragraphs.	Excellent All sections are complete and separated into paragraphs. All paragraphs have clear opening and closing sentences.
Spelling/Grammar	Needs Improvement Many grammar and spelling mistakes. Very difficult to understand entire text.	Fair Many grammar and spelling mistakes. Sometimes difficult to understand parts of text.	Good Some grammar and spelling mistakes. Does not make text difficult to read or understand.	Excellent Very few, if any, grammar or spelling mistakes.