(based upon the ACTAAP exam)
Correct purpose, audience, mode
Logical, efficient organization
Full, appropriate elaboration
Fluent, clear, effective language
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3
Correct purpose, audience, mode
Fair organization
Moderate elaboration and detail
Clear, effective language
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2
Correct purpose, audience, mode
Organization has lapses
Some elaboration and detail
Clear, effective language
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1
Vague or brief
Wrong purpose, audience, or mode
Poorly organized
Lacks elaboration; loses focus; rambles
Lacks control of language
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0
Blank paper
In a foreign language
Unreadable; incoherent or illegible
On a wrong topic
Content too scant to score