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BOOK TITLE: ______________________________________________

STRUCTURE
1

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Thewriterusedonly
ordinary
transitions(i.e.,first,second,third)ornoneat
all.
Thewriterusedtransitionstoleadthereaderfromoneparttothenext,
althoughsometransitionsare
basic
.

Thewriterusedtransitionsto
linkconcepts
withrelatedinformation.The
transitionshelpthereaderfollowfromparttopartandmakeit
clear
when
informationisan
exampleofabiggeridea
,followsfroman
earlierpoint
,
introducesa
newidea
,or
suggestsacontrast
.

Thewriterusedeffectivetransitionstoleadthereader
acrossparts
ofthe
textandto
helpthereader
notehowpartsrelate.

Thewriterused
limited
or
ordinary
structureswithoutconsideringthe
orderoreffectonthereader.

Thewriterused
basic
structureswithinandacrossthepartsofthepiece
and/orsomemaybe
underdeveloped
and/or
withoutlogicalorder
.

Thewriterlogicallyorganizedhispieceinto
sequentialparts

andused
effectivestructures
withinparts(claimsandsupports,problem/solution,
sequence)aswellasacrossparts(introductions,topicsentences,
formatting).

Thewriterchoseeffectiveorganizationalstructuresandsequencedthemto
helpthereaderscomprehension
(holdingbackcertaindetails,logically
sequencingsections,introducingconceptsandexamplesinalogical
fashion).

MEANING
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M
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I
D
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S

Thewriterincluded
limited
information.

Thewriterincluded
variedkinds
ofinformationsuchasfacts,quotations,
examples,and/ordefinitions.
Some
ofthe
informationfits
withhiskey
pointswhileothersmaynot.

Thewriterincluded
variedkindsofinformation
suchasfacts,quotations,
examples,anddefinitions.He
analyzed
or
explained
theinformation,
showinghowtheinformationfitswithhiskeypointsorsubtopics,including
graphicswhereappropriate.

Thewriterincluded
variedkindsofinformation
andbroughtouttheparts
ofthetopicthatwere
mostsignificant
tohisaudienceandtohispoints.

Imade
noeffort
tohelpmyreaderunderstandtheinformationorshow
themwhytheyshouldcareaboutthistopic.

Thewriterworkedtomakehistopic
understandable
,butitmaybe
unclear
whyitmattersandwhytheaudienceshouldcareaboutit.

Thewriterused
detailsandideas
tomakehistopic
compelling
aswellas
understandable
.Hebroughtout
whyitmatters
andwhytheaudience
shouldcareaboutit.

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Thewriterwrote
compellingly
while
analyzingtherelevance
ofhis
informationandmadesuretheinformationsupportedthemajorconcepts
throughtheinformationgiven,itis
clearwhythistopicmatters
.

Thewritermade
nomention
ofsourcesofinformation.

Thewriter
incorporatedsomesources
thatmakesensewhile
some
may
notormaygo
unmentioned
.

Thewriter
consistentlyincorporated
and
cited
sourcesthatfitthetopic.

Thewriter
incorporatedtrustworthy
and
significant
informationand
explained
ifandwhenasourceseemed
problematic
.

CRAFT

W
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S

D
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S
C
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P
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S

Thewriterused
commonlanguage
toexplainhisideas.

Thewriteruseda
fewwords
or
phrasespurposefully
toaffectmeaning
andtone,butabit
more
couldbe
developed
.

Thewriterused
words

purposefully
toaffect
meaningandtone
,
including
domainspecific,technicalvocabulary
andtheir
definitions
whenappropriate.

Thewriterchose
particularlanguage
tomakethereader
learn
,
think
,
realize
,or
feel
aparticularway.

Thewriter
toldtheinformation
insteadofusingcrafttoexplainitinmore
compellingways.

Thewriterincluded
onecomparison
,
oneexample
,or
oneanecdote
,but
abit
more
couldbe
developed
.

Thewriterchose
precisedescriptions
andused
metaphors
,
anecdotes
,
images
,or
comparisons
toexplainwhathemeant.

Thewriter
consistently
used
comparisons
,
analogies
,
vividexamples
,
and/or
anecdotes
tohelpreaders
graspthemeaning
ofconceptsandthe
significance
ofinformation.

LANGUAGE
S
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N
C
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S

Iused
similar
and/or
limitedsentencestructures
with
basic
internal
punctuation.

I
variedmysentencestructure
,sometimesusingsimpleandcomplex
sentences,usinginternalpunctuation
appropriately
forthemostpart.

I
variedmysentencestructure
,sometimesusing
simple
andsometimes
using
complexsentence
structure,usinginternalpunctuationappropriately
withinsentencesandwhen
citingsources,includingcommas,dashes,
parentheses,colonsandsemicolons
.

Iused
differentsentencestructures
tomakecertainideas

standout
in
mypiece,usinginternalpunctuation
effectively
.