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Title
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There is no creative title present.
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You have a title, but it could be more creative.
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Your title is creative.
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Your title is very creative. Nice job!
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Claim
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Topic sentence is incomplete or absent. It is important to use this sentence to make a clear claim stating your position in relation to the topic.
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Topic sentence does not clearly present a clear claim stating your position in relation to the topic.
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Topic sentence attempts to present a clear claim stating your position in relation to the topic.
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Your topic sentence clearly present a clear claim stating your position in relation to the topic.
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Data
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Data (evidence) is weak or absent. Citation errors throughout.
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Your data (evidence) could be stronger to more effectively support your points. Errors in MLA formatting.
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You selected data (quotes/evidence) that support your points. Citations follow MLA format.
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You selected strong data (quotes/evidence) that clearly support your points. Citations follow MLA format exactly.
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MLA Citations
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Citations are missing or do not follow MLA format.
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Citations attempt to follow MLA format.
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Citations follow MLA format.
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Citations follow MLA format exactly.
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Warrant
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Warrant is weak or absent. Your analysis is underdeveloped and or missing. Do not tell me what happened in the novel. Tell me WHY it is important.
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Your warrant needs development. Your analysis is shallow and needs to go deeper. How and why does this quote support what you said in your topic sentence/thesis? It's your job to break the quote down for your reader to explain what it is saying and why it is significant given your main points.
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Your warrant supports your claim. Your analysis supports your topic sentence, but there is room to go deeper in your discussion of how and why this evidence supports your topic sentence/thesis.
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Your warrant is very strong. Nice job effectively supporting your topic sentences with thorough analysis.
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Counterclaim
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You did not present a counterclaim. This weakens your paragraph. You have to let your reader know you understand the counter arguments and can address them.
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Your counterclaim is vague and hard to identify as you did not use a cue to indicate that it was a contrary idea. For example, "Some people argue that"....
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You introduce a counterclaim to be addressed.
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You introduce a valid counterclaim to be addressed.
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Rebuttal
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Rebuttal is absent or lacking evidence and analysis.
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You explain why the counterclaim is not as strong as your claim, but you need to present data to support these ideas. Without data, your rebuttal is not effective. It is just your opinion.
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You present some data and analysis to prove that the counterclaim is not as strong as your claim. This would benefit from further development.
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You effectively use data and analysis to show how the counterclaim you presented is not as strong as the claim you have made.
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Concluding statement
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Concluding statements are absent at the bottom of each paragraph.
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Concluding statements fail to wrap up the main point of the paragraph.
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Concluding statements are present and attempt to wrap up the main point. They would benefit from more precise language.
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Concluding statements clearly wrap up each paragraph!
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