"D" or "F" Papers
Content/Organization:
•The paper does not engage its intended audience.
•The paper fails to develop/support its focus and purpose or wanders from its central idea.
•The paper contains limited, irrelevant, or no supporting details.
•Necessary outside sources are lacking or, if used, are not relevant, purposeful, clearly introduced or integrated.
•The overall organizational structure is illogical, unclear and/or inappropriate. Paragraphs frequently seem unrelated or repetitive or are poorly constructed.
•The opening is overly general, missing, or misleading. The closing is weak or missing.
•Connections between and within paragraphs are missing or ineffective.
Style/Conventions:
•Sentences are frequently basic, choppy, or repetitive in structure and may display lapses in clarity or coherency.
•Inappropriate word choice or tone detract from the paper’s purpose and frequently display a lack of command of the conventions of academic writing.
•Many errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and usage impede communication and undercut
the writer's credibility.
•References to outside sources are not clearly cited; documentation style is generally inappropriate.
•Format is not consistently correct or appropriate.
•The paper does not engage its intended audience.
•The paper fails to develop/support its focus and purpose or wanders from its central idea.
•The paper contains limited, irrelevant, or no supporting details.
•Necessary outside sources are lacking or, if used, are not relevant, purposeful, clearly introduced or integrated.
•The overall organizational structure is illogical, unclear and/or inappropriate. Paragraphs frequently seem unrelated or repetitive or are poorly constructed.
•The opening is overly general, missing, or misleading. The closing is weak or missing.
•Connections between and within paragraphs are missing or ineffective.
Style/Conventions:
•Sentences are frequently basic, choppy, or repetitive in structure and may display lapses in clarity or coherency.
•Inappropriate word choice or tone detract from the paper’s purpose and frequently display a lack of command of the conventions of academic writing.
•Many errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and usage impede communication and undercut
the writer's credibility.
•References to outside sources are not clearly cited; documentation style is generally inappropriate.
•Format is not consistently correct or appropriate.