Senior+Level+Writing+Assessment

== Writing Assessment Criteria for Senior Essays - Draft 10/27/08 == __Key__ (Words in parentheses) = Originally part of criteria, now deleted
 * Words in bold** = Changes to this draft

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**__ CONTENT __**
>> >>    **__STYLE/GRAMMAR__**  
 * ** Thesis **
 *  argues a (thesis) **an idea** worth pursuing
 * ** establishes a clear focus **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">** creates a ** complex thesis that addresses both structure and content
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> suggests how the writer intends to prove the thesis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">** Essay Body **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">** offers a critical context for discussion **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> acknowledges multiple perspectives
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> free of logic gaps
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> integrates multiple critical viewpoints
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> uses various sources for comparative writing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">** Support **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">** develops several ideas fully, using specific and relevant reasons, details & examples **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> makes sophisticated quotation selection
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> (uses ) **integrates and analyzes** quotes properly
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **creates ideas that are** more analytical than observational
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> integrates multiple criticisms
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">** responds fully to counter-argument or different perceptions to the writer’s position/thesis **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">** Writing Genre **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> writes for various disciplines
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> writes for multiple purposes
 * __STRUCTURE/ORGANZATION__**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> ** provides unity and coherence throughout essay with logical progression **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> form is dictated by ideas
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> paragraphs ordered by progression of analysis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> internal transitions (acknowledge) **convey logical** relationship between and among ideas
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> uses **effective**, sophisticated transitions **that provide movement** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> ** presents well-developed introduction and conclusion **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> ** creates ** more "profound" conclusions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> ** few, if any, grammar, usage or mechanical errors **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> ** uses ** authentic voice/moves away from formulaic writing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> ** uses ** variety of sentence structures and lengths <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **to vary pace and support meaning**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> ** uses ** appropriate, precise **and varied** word choice