ESSAYPRACTICE AND PERFORM THESE EVALUATIONS, THE BETTER YOU’LLUSE THE...

Section 1: Essaypractice and perform these evaluations, the better you’llUse the following rubric to evaluate your writing. Thisunderstand exactly what your scorers are looking for.practice essay is included so you can work on time man-6

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Demonstrates outstanding writing skills

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Includes a clear and insightful point of view on the question and reflects excellent critical think-ing, using strong examples and other evidence to support this point of view

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Contains a strong organization and focus, a clear sense of unity, and a skillful flow of ideas

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Demonstrates a strong command of language, with varied and appropriate word choice, andmeaningful variation in sentence structure

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Contains few, if any, errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics5

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Demonstrates effective writing skills

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Includes a clear point of view on the question and reflects strong critical thinking, using goodexamples and other evidence to support this point of view

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Contains strong organization and focus, a sense of unity, and a flow of ideas

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Demonstrates a good command of language, with appropriate word choices and variation insentence structure

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Contains few errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics4

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Demonstrates competent writing skills, but the quality of the writing may be inconsistent

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Includes a point of view on the question and reflects competent critical thinking, using sufficientexamples to support this point of view

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Contains a general organizational plan and focus, with some unity and flow of ideas

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Demonstrates a sufficient but inconsistent command of language, with mostly appropriate wordchoice and some variation in sentence structure

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Contains some errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics3

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Demonstrates inadequate, but not incompetent, writing skills

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Includes a point of view on the question, reflecting some critical thinking, but this point of viewmay be inconsistent or incomplete, and support may be lacking

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Contains a limited organizational strategy and focus, with a weak or inconsistent sense of unityand flow of ideas

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Demonstrates a developing but weak command of language, with weak or inappropriate vocabu-lary, little or no variation in sentence structure, and may contain errors in sentence construction

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Contains many errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics

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