301 Rhetorical Analysis Essay Rubric: Criteria Absent or Below Basic Developing Proficient Advanced Comments
301 Rhetorical Analysis Essay Rubric: Criteria Absent or Below Basic Developing Proficient Advanced Comments
3 Persuasive Arguments: One major thing I did not notice was your counter argument. I was sure what it
Compare, evaluate, was or if it was there. Try being more clear or stating that this certain paragraph is
synthesize, and communicate your counter argument. Also , the intro was a great, you started out with statistics
carefully, objectively, and showing how drugs are a danger.
persuasively the relative
merits of alternative or X
opposing arguments,
assumptions, and cultural
values. Integrate this
evaluative work into a
persuasive argument.
4 Organization and Focus: The focus and organization of the paper can me improved a little more. For
Organize, focus, and example try organizing your paragraphs like this 1. Intro 2. Explaining what
communicate one’s thoughts opioids are 3. How they have become a problem 4. Research 5. Research 6.
clearly and effectively to X Counter argument etc.
address a rhetorical situation.
5 Academic Language and Again some of the language of this essay can be changed to better express what
Design: Recognize, you are trying to express.
evaluate, and employ the
features and contexts of
language and design that
express and influence X
meaning and that
demonstrate sensitivity to
gender and cultural
differences.
Two Overall Strengths: 1. Introduction was good