Verb form 9 pptx

–ABOUT THE ANALYT ICAL WR IT ING ASSESSMENT–

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■ Forms a thesis

statement that

shows a basic

understanding

of the issue or

argument and

the task pre￾sented in the

prompt.

■ Presents a rea￾sonable analy￾sis, often of

the most obvi￾ous aspects of

the issue or

argument.

■ Develops some

ideas more fully

than others.

■ Provides some

specific and rel￾evant evidence

to support the

thesis statement.

■ Maintains a

clear and appro￾priate focus

throughout most

of the essay.

■ Uses a logical

sequence of

ideas but may

lack consis￾tency.

■ Uses appropri￾ate language.

■ Shows some

awareness of

audience and

purpose.

■ Occasionally

varies the sen￾tence structure

and length.

■ Shows incom￾plete control of

standard

English.

■ Has some errors

but they do not

interfere with

comprehension.

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■ Forms a thesis

statement that

shows a basic

understanding

of the issue or

argument and

the task pre￾sented in the

prompt.

■ Presents an

incomplete

analysis of the

issue or argu￾ment or neg￾lects important

aspects of the

analysis.

■ Develops ideas

briefly.

■ Provides some

evidence and

support material

to support the

thesis statement.

■ Creates, but

does not main￾tain an appro￾priate focus.

■ Uses a basic

structure but

may include

some inconsis￾tencies or irrele￾vancies.

■ Uses very basic

vocabulary.

■ Demonstrates

little sense of

audience or pur￾pose.

■ Attempts to vary

the sentence

structure or

length but has

uneven success.

■ Attempts to

control standard

English but has

some errors that

interfere with

comprehension.