Points |
Descriptions |
4 |
- Topics/subject is clear, though it may or may not be explicitly stated
- Maintains focus on topic/subject throughout the response
- Organizational structure establishes relationships between and among ideas and/or events
- Consists of a logical progression of ideas and/or events and is unified and complete
- Support and elaboration are related to and supportive of the topic/subject
- Consists of specific, developed details
- Exhibits skillful use of vocabulary that is precise and purposeful
- Demonstrates skillful use of sentence fluency
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3 |
- Topic/subject is generally clear, though it may or may not be explicitly stated
- May exhibit minor lapses in focus on topic/subject
- Organizational structure establishes relationships between and among ideas and/or events, although minor lapses may be present
- Consists of a logical progression of ideas and/or events and is reasonably complete, although minor lapses may be present
- Support and elaboration may have minor weaknesses in relatedness to and support of the topic/subject
- Consists of some specific details
- Exhibits reasonable use of vocabulary that is precise and purposeful
- Demonstrates reasonable use of sentence fluency
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2 |
- Topic/subject may be vague
- May lose or may exhibit lapses in focus on topic/subject
- Organizational structure may establish little relationship between and among ideas and/or events
- May have major lapses in the logical progression of ideas and/or events and is minimally complete
- Support and elaboration may have major weaknesses in relatedness to and support of the topic/subject
- Consists of general and/or undeveloped details, which may be presented in a list-like fashion
- Exhibits minimal use of vocabulary that is precise and purposeful
- Demonstrates minimal use of sentence fluency
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1 |
- Topic/subject is unclear or confusing
- May fail to establish focus on topic/subject
- Organizational structure may not establish connection between and among ideas and/or events
- May consist of ideas and/or events that are presented in a random fashion and is incomplete or confusing
- Support and elaboration attempts to support the topic/subject but may be unrelated or confusing
- Consists of sparse details
- Lacks use of vocabulary that is precise and purposeful
- May not demonstrate sentence fluency
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N.S. |
- This code may be used for compositions that are entirely illegible or otherwise unscorable: blank responses, responses written in a foreign language, restatements of the prompts, and responses that are off-topic or incoherent.
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