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Pantoja – 9th Grade ESL

Persuasive Essay Rubric

Criteria Pts.
4 3 2 1
Position is Position is clearly
clearly stated stated and Statement of
Position is stated, position
and consistently consistently
Develop a maintained. maintained.
but is not cannot be
controlling maintained determined.
Background Background
Idea consistently ____
information about information about
throughout work.
the issue is the issue is
provided. missing.

Evidence clearly
Evidence clearly
supports the
Add supports the
position; but
Argument is Evidence is
supporting position; facts supported by unrelated to ____
there are not
arguments and details are limited evidence. argument.
enough facts
sufficient.
and details.

Opposite
Opposite
opinions are
opinions are Some attempt to the There is no
Report and clearly stated
clearly stated but argument has been report of
Reject and rejection
rejection does made, but the opposite ____
Counter clearly
not focus on the rejection is poorly opinions and
Arguments responds to
opposite developed. rejections.
opposite
opinions.
opinions.

Ends with strong Ends with weak A poorly developed

End with a language and the language and ending and There is no call
____
call to action reader is left with mostly inconsistent call to to action.
no doubts. convincing. action.

Most paragraphs
Each paragraph are indented; Work contains
Work pays
is indented; there is one structural
Essay little attention
punctuation and error in weaknesses and ____
Structure to proper essay
capitalization are punctuation grammatical
structure.
correct. and/or errors.
capitalization.

Essay includes 6
Essay includes 4- Essay includes 3 or
or more
5 transitional and less transitional and Essay has
transitional and
sequential words sequential words little evidence
Language sequential words ____
and good and weak of language
and strong
persuasive persuasive use included.
persuasive
language. language.
language.