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Percuasive
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Focus or Thesis Statement

thesis statement the topic of the and ouflines the

thesis statrament the topic of the

Sequencing
makes it easy and

few of the support details or Many of the support provided in a fairly arguments are not in an expeded ils or arguments are order that makes it or logical order, distracting the not in an expected or easy to follow reader and making the essay seem order, distracting author\\Ys tmin of the reader and making the

Evidence and Examples

Most of the evidenoe and and explanations that show how piee of evidence and explanations
girren that show how piece of evidence

least one of the pieces of and exannples evidence and examples is relevant are NOT relevantAND/OR and has an explanation that shows are not explained. how that piece ofevidence supports author\\Ys position.

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Analysis

is present but back to the

is present at some point in essay and may not tie directly completely off-topic. to the thesis but does make an aryument with the evidence,

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effectively counters it make thesis stronger. i but analysis is
very efuctive-

, resulting in a paragraph

counterargument nor rebukes iL The counter may be missing.

Srammar &

1-2 enors

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spelling

makes 3-4 errors in or spelling that distract the

makes rnore than 4

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grammar or

that distract the readerfrom the content.

iources

quotes, statistics and are credible and cited

Most soures used for quotes, statistics and facts statistics and facts are credible and are credible and most are cited coneclly,

Many sources are suspect (not credible) AND/OR are not cited conectly.

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