"B" Papers
Content/Organization:
•The paper engages its intended audience.
•The paper develops/supports a single focus and purpose, with some richness of detail or evidence.
•When appropriate, the paper correctly incorporates relevant outside sources.
•The overall organizational structure is appropriate to the audience and purpose.
•Paragraphs are logically related.
•The opening establishes the relationship between the reader and the paper’s purpose, and the paper comes to closure.
•Connections within and between paragraphs usually create cohesion.
Style/Conventions:
•Sentences are usually clear, coherent, and syntactically varied.
•Word choice and tone support the paper’s purpose and usually display a command of the conventions of academic writing.
•The paper is free of serious errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or usage.
•References to outside sources are usually accurately cited and documented according to the
appropriate style manual.
•Format is correct and appropriate.
•The paper engages its intended audience.
•The paper develops/supports a single focus and purpose, with some richness of detail or evidence.
•When appropriate, the paper correctly incorporates relevant outside sources.
•The overall organizational structure is appropriate to the audience and purpose.
•Paragraphs are logically related.
•The opening establishes the relationship between the reader and the paper’s purpose, and the paper comes to closure.
•Connections within and between paragraphs usually create cohesion.
Style/Conventions:
•Sentences are usually clear, coherent, and syntactically varied.
•Word choice and tone support the paper’s purpose and usually display a command of the conventions of academic writing.
•The paper is free of serious errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or usage.
•References to outside sources are usually accurately cited and documented according to the
appropriate style manual.
•Format is correct and appropriate.