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Poetic Devices Handout
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Final Essay Assessment Rubric

 * || **6 Trait Writing Model : Final Essay: Writing a note to your teacher. **

Teacher Name: **Whitney Hoegger **

 Student Name: ________________________________________ || ||


 * CATEGORY  || **10 ** || **9-6 ** || **5-2 ** || **1-0 ** ||
 * **Grammar & Spelling (Conventions) ** || Writer makes no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content. || Writer makes 1-2 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content. || Writer makes 3-4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content. || Writer makes more than 4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content. ||
 * **Accuracy of Facts (Content) ** || All supportive facts are reported accurately. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Almost all supportive facts are reported accurately. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Most supportive facts are reported accurately. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">NO facts are reported OR most are inaccurately reported. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Support for Topic (Content) ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Relevant, telling, quality details give the reader important information that goes beyond the obvious or predictable. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Supporting details and information are relevant, but one key issue or portion of the storyline is unsupported. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Supporting details and information are relevant, but several key issues or portions of the storyline are unsupported. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Supporting details and information are typically unclear or not related to the topic. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Flow & Rhythm (Sentence Fluency) ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">All sentences sound natural and are easy-on-the-ear when read aloud. Each sentence is clear and has an obvious emphasis. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Almost all sentences sound natural and are easy-on-the-ear when read aloud, but 1 or 2 are stiff and awkward or difficult to understand. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Most sentences sound natural and are easy-on-the-ear when read aloud, but several are stiff and awkward or are difficult to understand. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The sentences are difficult to read aloud because they sound awkward, are distractingly repetitive, or difficult to understand. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pacing (Organization) ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The pacing is well-controlled. The writer knows when to slow down and elaborate, and when to pick up the pace and move on. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The pacing is generally well-controlled but the writer occasionally does not elaborate enough. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The pacing is generally well-controlled but the writer sometimes repeats the same point over and over, or spends too much time on details that don\'t matter. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The pacing often feels awkward to the reader. The writer elaborates when there is little need, and then leaves out necessary supporting information. ||

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