Philosophical Essay Assessment Rubric
Your name: _______________________________________
Name of the person whose paper is being evaluated:____________________________
Essay Title: ______________________________
Overall Assessment: Please type in the following space the letter grade you think this paper deserves: _____________________ Note: type only one of the following: A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F. Note also that the assessment is the grade BEFORE any of the deductions noted on the essay topics hand-out. For example, suppose the student neglected to put a word count on the paper. The penalty for this is 10%. A student, then, might receive a mark as follows: “B -10% no word count.” Your mark should be the “raw” letter grade part, that is, just the “B” in the example.
Instructions: Put in bold box (A, B, C or LC) for each of the following 8 items. Add a comment under each section. Remember the goal of the exercise is to help your peers improve their writing: be as honest as possible while making specific recommendations for improvement. Your comments must be typed.
A. General Essay Requirements
1. Literacy (spelling, punctuation, grammar)
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A. Excellent: Few or no mistakes in spelling punctuation and grammar.
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B. Good: Few mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar.
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C. Needs serious attention: some mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar.
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LC. Major Overhaul: Spelling, punctuation or grammar seriously detracts from the comprehensibility of the paper.
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General comment on improving spelling punctuation and grammar:
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2. Bibliographic form
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Excellent: no errors in citing materials, either in in-text citations or reference list. Contains at least one reference to course readings
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Good: Minor errors in some
references, either in in-text or reference list. Contains at least one reference to course readings.
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Needs serious attention: Consistent errors either in in-text or reference list. Contains at least one reference to course readings.
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Major Overhaul: Lacks understanding of proper citing procedures or lacks references altogether.
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3. Organization
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Excellent: logical structure of argument is very clear. Main arguments, objections and replies very clearly indicated.
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Good: logical structure of argument is clear. Main arguments, objections and replies clearly indicated.
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Needs serious attention: logical structure of argument is not clear, or main arguments, objections and replies not clearly indicated
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Major Overall: structure of argument cannot be made out, or missing entirely.
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General comment on improving organization:
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4. Accuracy
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Excellent: concepts and argument from readings clearly and accurately explained
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Good: concepts and argument from readings mostly clearly and accurately explained
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Needs serious attention: concepts and argument from readings not clearly and accurately explained
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Major overall: concepts and argument from readings not included or misrepresented
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*LC = Less than a ‘C’, i.e., D or F.
B. Argument Evaluation
5. Statement of Thesis
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A. Very Clear
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B. Clear
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C. Somewhat clear
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LC. Not clear
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6. Arguments in support of Thesis
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A. Very persuasive
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B. Persuasive
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C. Somewhat persuasive
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LC. Not very persuasive
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General comments for improvement of arguments in support of main thesis:
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7. Objections
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A. Very strong objection
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B. Strong Objection
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C. Somewhat strong objection
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LC. Not very strong objection
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8. Reply to objections
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A. Very strong reply
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B. Strong reply
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C. Somewhat strong reply
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LC. Not very strong
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