"A" Papers
Content/Organization:
•The paper engages its intended audience, demonstrating insight and complexity.
•The paper convincingly, richly, and logically develops and supports a single focus and purpose.
•When appropriate, the paper effectively integrates relevant outside sources.
•The overall organizational structure is appropriate to the audience and purpose.
•Paragraphs are thoughtfully and logically related and sequenced.
•The opening effectively establishes the relationship between the reader and the paper’s purpose, and the paper closes effectively.
•Connections within and between paragraphs create cohesion.
Style/Conventions:
•The sentences are consistently clear, coherent, and syntactically varied.
•Precise word choice and an appropriate tone support the paper’s purpose and display a command of the conventions of academic writing.
•The grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage conform to conventions of academic writing and lend credibility to the writer.
•References to sources are accurately cited and documented according to the appropriate style manual.
•Format is consistently correct and appropriate.
•The paper engages its intended audience, demonstrating insight and complexity.
•The paper convincingly, richly, and logically develops and supports a single focus and purpose.
•When appropriate, the paper effectively integrates relevant outside sources.
•The overall organizational structure is appropriate to the audience and purpose.
•Paragraphs are thoughtfully and logically related and sequenced.
•The opening effectively establishes the relationship between the reader and the paper’s purpose, and the paper closes effectively.
•Connections within and between paragraphs create cohesion.
Style/Conventions:
•The sentences are consistently clear, coherent, and syntactically varied.
•Precise word choice and an appropriate tone support the paper’s purpose and display a command of the conventions of academic writing.
•The grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage conform to conventions of academic writing and lend credibility to the writer.
•References to sources are accurately cited and documented according to the appropriate style manual.
•Format is consistently correct and appropriate.