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Score of 6

An essay in this category demonstrates clear and consistent competence though it may have occasional errors. Such an essay:

    • effectively and insightfully addresses the writing task
    • is well organized and fully developed, using clearly appropriate examples to support ideas
    • displays consistent facility in the use of language, demonstrating variety in sentence structure and range of vocabulary

Score of 5

An essay in this category demonstrates reasonably consistent competence though it will have occasional errors or lapses in quality. Such an essay:

    • effectively addresses the writing task
    • is generally well organized and adequately developed, using appropriate examples to support ideas
    • displays facility in the use of language, demonstrating some syntactic variety and range of vocabulary

Score of 4

An essay in this category demonstrates adequate competence with occasional errors and lapses in quality. Such an essay:

    • addresses the writing task
    • is organized and somewhat developed, using examples to support ideas
    • presents minimal sentence variety

Score of 3

An essay in this category demonstrates developing competence. Such an essay may contain one or more of the following weaknesses:

    • inadequate organization or development
    • inappropriate or insufficient details to support ideas
    • an accumulation of awkward expressions

Score of 2

An essay in this category demonstrates some incompetence. Such an essay is flawed by one or more of the following weaknesses:

    • poor organization
    • thin development
    • little or inappropriate details to support ideas
    • frequent awkward expressions

Score of 1

An essay in this category demonstrates incompetence. Such an essay is seriously flawed by one or more of the following weaknesses:

    • very poor organization
    • very thin development
    • expressions so awkward that meaning is somewhat obscured


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