ResearchPaperRubric

Criteria

Outstanding
90100

Excellent
8089

Adequate
7079

Basic
6069

MeetsmostMLAstandards Meetsagoodportionof
withoccasionalerror.
MLAstandards,buthas
someerrorsthatcause
someconfusion.

Inadequate
>60

MLA

MeetsMLAstandards
withoutanymajorerrors
inMLAformatquoting,
paraphrasing,orWorks
Citedpage.

MeetsnearlyallMLA
standardswithlittle
error.

SourceUsage

Hastwoormore
differentsourcesineach
paragraphthatare
completelycohesivein
content

Hastwoormore
Hastwoormoresourcesin
differentsourcesineach eachparagraphthatare
paragraphthatarevery fairlycohesiveincontent.
cohesiveincontext.

Hastwoormoredifferent
sourcesinmostparagraphs
thatarefairlyco

Oneortwoparagraphs
havingtwoormoresources
ineachparagraph.

Transitions

Transitionssmoothlyto
adegreeofnear
flawlessnessfromone
sourcetothenext.

Transitionssmoothlyto
adegreeofveryfew
flawsfromonesourceto
thenext.

Transitionssmoothly,but
hasoccasionalflawsfrom
onesourcetothenext,but
nottothedegreetocause
confusion.

Transitionsawkwardlyand
hasregularflawsfromone
sourcetothenext,
occasionallycausing
confusionforthereader.

Transitionsawkwardlyand
hashabitualflawsfromone
sourcetothenext,often
causingconfusionforthe
reader.

Content

Insightfuland
outstandingcommentary
thatalwaysflows
smoothly,adheres
completelytoevidence
beingused,neverstrays
fromthesis,anddoubles
theamountofquoted
material.

Excellentcommentary
thatflowssmoothly,
adheresexcellentlyto
evidencebeingused,
rarelystraysfrom
thesis,anddoublesthe
amountofquoted
material.

Adequatecommentarythat
flowssmoothlymostoften,
adheresadequatelyto
evidencebeingused,
occasionallystraysfrom
thesis,andalmostdoubles
theamountofquoted
material.

Basiccommentarythat
basicallyflowssmoothly
(withoccasionalconfusion),
basicallyadheresto
evidencebeingused,but
doestendtostrayfromthe
thesishereandthere.
Commentarymightbarely
exceedevidencequoted.

Haslessthanbasic
commentarythatregularly
causesconfusionandquite
oftenstrayfromevidence
beingusedaswellasthesis.
Commentarymayormaynot
equaltheamountofevidence
beingused.

Grammar

Outstandinggrammar
andsentencestructure
whichnevercauses
confusionforthereader.

Excellentgrammarand
sentencestructurethat
rarelycausesconfusion
forthereader.

Goodgrammarand
sentencestructurethat
periodicallycauses
confusionforthereader.

Adequategrammarand
sentencestructurewhich
oftencausesconfusionfor
thereader.

Poorgrammarandsentence
structurethathabitually
causesconfusionforthe
reader.

Organization

Outstanding
organizationreflecting
thesis.

Excellentorganization
reflectingthesis.

Goodorganization
reflectingthesis.

Basicorganization
reflectingthesis.

Littleifanyorganization
reflectingthesis.

Frequentlydoesnotmeet
MLAstandardshavingmany
errorsthatcauseconfusion.