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- Demonstrates control of language through diction and syntax
- Recognizes the bias in source material
- Adds to the argument by creating an analogous situation: the child testing the parents
- Understands tone and intent
Rubrics for “Fog” Essays
High-Range Essay- Successfully identifies the purpose of each passage
- Effectively compares the style of each passage
- Refers to appropriate examples from each passage
- Effectively analyzes devices such as diction, organization, syntax, and manipulation of
language in a clear voice - Good connective tissue
- Focused organization and development
- Few, if any, flaws
Mid-Range Essay- Correctly identifies the purpose of each passage
- Adequately compares the style of each passage
- Uses specifics from each passage to analyze rhetorical devices
- Adequately links examples to the analysis of the style and purpose of each passage
- Less well-developed than the high-range essays
- A few lapses in diction or syntax
Low-Range Essay- Inadequate response to the prompt
- Misunderstands, oversimplifies, summarizes, or misrepresents the purpose and style of
each passage - Insufficient or inappropriate use of examples to develop the demands of the prompt
- Lack of adequate control of elements of essay writing
KEY IDEA