363 Annotated Bibliography Rubric, By Leslie Bruce

SLO Absent or Below Basic Developing Proficient Advanced

Audience's needs are often
not recognized: terms and
ideas need explanation
and language needs
adjustment for the
audience. Purpose (to
Write for a specific persuade reader that
1 audience and sources are appropriate for
purpose. your review) isn't clear or
achieved.
Shows some attention to Usually shows attention to Shows sophisticated attention
audience's needs, audience's needs, defining to audience's needs, defining
sometimes defining necessary terms and ideas and necessary terms and ideas and
necessary terms and ideas using audience-appropriate using audience-appropriate
and using audience- language. Purpose (to language. Purpose (to
appropriate language. persuade reader that sources persuade reader that sources
Purpose (to persuade are appropriate for your are appropriate for your
reader that sources are review) may be implied, but review) is clear and achieved
appropriate for your review) it's clear and achieved. with style.
may be unclear at times,
and it may not be achieved
convincingly.

Omits or uses discipline- A few errors in discipline- Correctly uses discipline- Correctly uses discipline-
appropriate in-text and appropriate in-text and appropriate in-text and end-of- appropriate in-text and end-
end-of-text citations and end-of-text citations and text citations and quotation of-text citations and quotation
quotation marks quotation marks. Often marks. Usually introduces marks. Introduces each
incorrectly. Drops includes sources without each source fully (as necessary source fully (as necessary and
Using the appropriate quotations and ideas into introduction in cases when and discipline-appropriate)— discipline-appropriate)—
major’s customary text without introducing introduction is necessary reader knows who did the reader knows who did the
citation style, source. Frequently uses and discipline appropriate. research or communicating, research or communicating,
ethically cite and irrelevant or unpersuasive Sometimes relies too for whom, and why. Use of for whom, and why. Use of
2 communicate sources or relies exclusively heavily on a single source or sources is usually diverse, sources is always diverse,
information from a on one source. uses irrelevant or relevant and persuasive. relevant and persuasive.
variety of discipline- unpersuasive sources.
appropriate sources.
 Annotations to the Annotations are related Annotations usually Annotations persuade
working title and thesis to the working title and persuade reader that the reader that the listed
are unclear, and their thesis, but their listed sources support the sources support the
relevance, timeliness, relevance, timeliness, working title and thesis and working title and thesis and
Compare, evaluate, balance, and authority balance, and authority are relevant, timely, are relevant, timely,
synthesize, and may be questionable or may be questionable or balanced, and authoritative. balanced, and authoritative.
communicate unclear. Alternately, the unclear.
carefully, objectively, writer may not have
and persuasively the written the required
relative merits of sentences for each
3 alternative or source.
opposing arguments,
assumptions, and
cultural values.
Integrate this
evaluative work into a
persuasive argument.

Organizational devices Organizational devices Clear, specific organizational Clear, specific organizational
(working title and thesis, (working title and thesis, devices (working title and devices (working title and
summary sentences, summary sentences, thesis, summary sentences, thesis, summary sentences,
headings) are missing or headings) fit the prompt, headings) fit the prompt headings) fit the prompt
unclear. Two- to three- but may be vague, too and tie ideas and topics and tie ideas and topics
Organize, focus, and sentence annotations broad, or inconsistenly or together. Two- to three- together logically and
communicate one’s are incoherent. illogically linked. Two- to sentence annotations are seamlessly. Two- to three-
4 thoughts clearly and three-sentence coherent. sentence annotations flow
effectively to address annotations may not be logically and seamlessly.
a rhetorical situation. coherent.
 Spelling, syntax, diction, Spelling, syntax, diction, Spelling, syntax, diction, or Outstanding control of
or punctuation errors or punctuation errors punctuation errors are few language, including
impede readability. often impede readability and do not distract from effective diction and
Lanuage may reflect a or otherwise distract meaning. Lanuage respects sentence variety. Lanuage
Recognize, evaluate, gender or cultural bias. from meaning. Lanuage gender and cultural respects gender and
and employ the
features and contexts Design may be may occasionally suggest differences. Design is cultural differences. Design
of language and unconventional and a gender or cultural bias. conventional and effective. is conventional and
design that express ineffective. Design may be effective.
5 and influence inconventional or
meaning and that ineffective.
demonstrate
sensitivity to gender
and cultural
differences.