SULTAN KUDARAT STATE UNIVERSITY

ACCESS Campus EJC Montilla, Tacurong City

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

GENERIC RUBRICS FOR ESSAY TYPE OF TEST

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IDEAS/CONTENT *Engages the reader *Engages the *Attempts to *Little attempt to
with a clear thesis or reader with a engage the engage; no thesis or
purpose. thesis or purpose. reader with a purpose.
*Information clearly *Information thesis or *Information stated is
related to the topic. stated is related purpose. irrelevant.
*Relevant evidence to the topic. *Information *Relevant evidence
and details are *Relevant stated is limited. and details are
strong to support the evidence and *Relevant lacking.
topic. details support evidence and
the topic. details are weak.
ORGANIZATION *Organization is clear *Organization is *Organization *Organization is
including clear and may be lacking and interferes
organization by engages hampered by with understanding.
categories, and organization by minimal details *Conclusion is not
transitional categories, and and weak drawn or reached.
expressions. transitional transitional
*Offers a creative expressions. expressions.
engaging beginning *Offers an *Attempts a
and a concluding engaging beginning and a
paragraph that beginning and a conclusion.
summarizes the concluding
thesis or purpose. paragraph that
summarizes the
thesis or purpose.
SENTENCE Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates Sentences are short,
FLUENCY consistent variety some variety and sentences that repetitive and lack
and complexity of complexity of are variety and
sentence structure. sentence understandable. complexity.
structure.
WORD CHOICE Uses precise and Uses adequate Uses limited Uses dull, repetitive
creative verbs, verbs, adverbs, word choice; the word choice; the
adverbs, nouns and nouns and message is dull message is
adjectives; the adjectives; the or unclear. confusing.
message is clear. message is clear.
CONVENTIONS *Spelling, *Spelling, *Spelling, Spelling,
capitalization, capitalization, capitalization, capitalization,
punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, punctuation,
paragraphing, and paragraphing, paragraphing, paragraphing, and
grammar are and grammar are and grammar grammar are so
effective and make mostly correct. create the numerous that they
the paper easy to *Errors don’t problems that make writing difficult
read and understand. make writing cause confusion. to follow.
*Contains few errors difficult to read *Errors don’t
in conventions. and don’t make writing
interfere with the difficult to read
meaning. and don’t
interfere with the
meaning.