Score Content/Development

Need help? Review the following sections: RUPR/FATP HAT, ROADR, READR, TOE

4
1. You have a clear thesis statement. 2. You have two reasons supporting your thesis statement. 3. You stay on topic throughout the entire essay.

3
1. You have a thesis statement. 2. You have two reasons, but you may need to add a little more to help support your thesis. 3. You stay on topic for most of the essay.

2
1. Your thesis statement is unclear. 2. You have two reasons, but you need more information to help support your thesis. 3. You get off topic in several spots during your essay. 1. You attempted an introduction, body, and conclusion. (HAT, ROADR, READR, and TOE). One of these areas needs some work. 2. Your ideas are noted but in a random order. 1. You use some strong words to help spice up your vocabulary. You have some words you can still spice up. 2. You have some variety of sentences. 3. You have some figurative language. 4. You show some emotion in your writing. 5. You have some dialogue (ROADR/READR)

1
1. A thesis statement is not noticed by the reader. 2. You have no reasons to support your thesis OR the details you provided are confusing to the reader. 3. You do not stay on topic throughout most of the essay. 1. You attempted an introduction, body, and conclusion. (HAT, ROADR, READR, and TOE). One or more of these areas needs some help or they are missing. 2. Your ideas are noted but not in the correct order. 1. You could use some stronger words to help spice up your vocabulary. 2. You do not have a variety of sentences. 3. Little to no figurative language. 4. Little to no emotion. 5. You do not have any dialogue (ROADR/READR)

Organization
Need help? Review the following sections: HAT, ROADR, READR, TOE Transition Words

1. You have a clear introduction, body, and conclusion. (HAT, ROADR, READR, and TOE). 2. You indent each paragraph and begin with a transition. 3. Your ideas are in the right order.

1. You have an introduction, body, and conclusion. (HAT, ROADR, READR, TOE). 2. You indent each paragraph, but there are no transition words. 3. Your ideas are in the right order. 1. You use strong words to help spice up your vocabulary. 2. You have a variety of sentences. 3. You have figurative language. 4. You have strong emotions. 5. You have dialogue (ROADR/READR)

Voice
Need help? Review the following sections: Types of Sentences Vivid Vocabulary Figurative Language Strong Emotions Dialogue (ROADR/READR)

Conventions
Need help? Review the following ICOPS

1. You have no errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.

1. You have little errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.

1. You have some errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.

1. You have many errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization