East Shore Middle School
                           Dragonwings Persuasive Essay

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 Name: ________________________         Teacher: K.Cortland
 Date : ___________________             Title of Work: ___________________
                                       Criteria                          Points
                     1               2              3             4

                                Position is    Position is   Position is
                              stated, but it clearly stated    clearly
                                                              stated and
   Position   Position cannot     is not           and       consistently
   Statement   be determined.   maintained    consistently    maintained   ____
                               consistently  maintained with
                                throughout      adequate      with many
                                  essay.       references.      clear
                                                             references.

                                Position is     Evidence      Plentiful
  Supporting   Evidence does   supported by      clearly       evidence
   Evidence     not support    very limited   supports the    supports a   ____
              position taken.                 position, but     clear
                                 evidence.
                                             more is needed.  position.
                                                Structure
                               Some attempt     developed    Structure of
                               to structure    reasonably      essay is
 Organization   Essay lacks   the essay, but    well. All    complete and  ____
              clear structure.                sections may
                               structure is                    clearly
                                   weak.         not be       developed.
                                               completely
                                               developed.
                                                                Use of
                                Some use of  Use of language   language
     Tone       Tone is not     persuasive      enhances       clearly     ____
                persuasive.      language    persuasiveness    enhances
                                 evident.    but is uneven.   persuasive
                                                                tone.
                 Inadequate
               editing: essay
                               Fewer than 4
   Mechanics   contains many      errors      1 or 2 errors   No errors    ____
               capitalization                 in mechanics.    present.
              and punctuation    present.
                  errors.
                                                               Total---->  ____
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