Friday, December 12, 2014

First Hour Personal Essay "Rubric"

An effective personal essay will include the following:

The use of outside and varied examples
A clear and engaging message
Typed/MLA Format
The writer’s authentic voice 
A structure that is organic and appropriate to the content and purpose (avoid the 5 P/ 3 pronged thesis)
Full development of original ideas
A fresh and original approach with fresh and original language (avoid cliche)
Transitions between ideas
Effective use of rhetorical devices: simile, metaphor, repetition, rhetorical questions, other types of figurative language
Varied and appropriate vocabulary
1,000 words



Make it good.


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