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Persuasive Letter Paragraph Writing Rubric Code: TXW425 By ycopeland Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Persuasive Letter
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 1 pts	Good 2 pts
Letter format	Poor Both greeting and closing are missing.	Fair Either greeting or closing is missing.	Good Both greeting and closing are shown.
Position statements	Poor Difficult to understand the writer's position, and there is no personal, supporting story.	Fair Writer's position is somewhat clear, but there is only one personal, supporting sentence.	Good Writer's position is clear, and there are two or more sentences that provide a personal, supporting story.
Body of the letter	Poor Letter contains three or fewer paragraphs.	Fair Letter contains four paragraphs.	Good Letter contains five or more paragraphs.
Topic sentences for paragraphs	Poor Reasons are unclear, and topic sentences are incorrectly placed in the paragraphs.	Fair Reasons are somewhat clear, but topic sentences are incorrectly placed in the paragraphs.	Good Reasons are clear, and topic sentences were correctly placed in the paragraphs.
Supporting sentences	Poor Paragraphs have one or no supporting detail sentences that relate back to the main reason.	Fair Paragraphs have two supporting detail sentences that relate back to the main reason.	Good Paragraphs have three or more supporting detail sentences that relate back to the main reason.
Using transition words	Poor One to no transition words used at the beginning of paragraphs. Ideas and topics do not flow.	Fair Two to three transition word used to begin paragraphs, but they're from the wrong color groups. Ideas flow but not smoothly.	Good Four transition words used to begin paragraphs, and they're from the correct color group. Ideas flow smoothly.
Capit., punct., & grammar	Poor Paragraphs have three or more errors in capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.	Fair Paragraphs have two errors in capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.	Good Paragraphs have one to no errors in capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.