Content
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Mechanics
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Grade
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- Assignment goal is met
- Sophisticated understanding of the subject
- Imaginative, well-considered, comprehensive paper
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- Paper is legible; paper meets length and content
requirements
- Title is descriptive and specific
- Clear, logical, well-structured and concise argument is
developed; sources, data, figures or tables clearly support the argument
- Sources of information are authoritative and are cited
- Very few (<2) spelling/grammar mistakes
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A
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- Assignment goal is met
- Basic understanding of the questions posed is demonstrated
- Paper considers major issues involved
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- Paper is legible; paper meets length and content
requirements
- Title is descriptive and specific
- Clear, logical and concise argument is developed; sources,
data,
figures or tables clearly support the argument
- Sources of information are authoritative and cited
- Few (<5) spelling or grammar mistakes
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B
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- Assignment goal is poorly met
- Limited or poor understanding of questions posed
- Paper doesn't address major issues involved
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- Paper is legible; paper doesn't meet length/content
requirements
- Title is general and doesn't describe paper content
- Writing is disorganized; argument is hard to follow;
little/no support for argument from sources, data, figures or
tables
- Sources of information are not acknowledged or not
authoritative
- Spelling and grammar mistakes are distracting (5-10).
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C-D
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- Assignment goal not met
- Poor/absent understanding of questions posed
- Paper doesn't address major issues involved
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- Paper is illegible; paper doesn't meet length/content
requirements
- Title absent or irrelevant
- Writing is disorganized; argument impossible to follow
- No supporting data, tables, figures
- No citations or references for sources of information;
evidence of plagiarism.
- Numerous (>10) spelling/grammar mistakes.
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E
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