Structure
Key Terms
Rubric Categories
Structural Key Terms
Paragraph Purpose
100
The name of the first paragraph of a piece of writing.
What is the introduction or intro?
100

Words used to make essay flow better.

What are transition words?

100

This category focuses on the extent to which the essay demonstrates command of grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

What is Control of Conventions?

100
Quotations used to prove the writer's claim.

What is evidence?

100

Are are the 3 kinds of author's purpose?

Persuade, Inform, Entertain

200

The evidence and analysis is located here.

What is in the body paragraph?

200

The author's opinion is also called this.

What is the claim?

200

This section of the rubric focuses on the logical organization of complex ideas, concepts, and information using formal style and precise language.

What is coherence, organization, and style?

200

The explanation of how evidence supports a claim.

What is analysis?

200

The purpose of the introduction paragraph. 

What is to introduce the topic, claim, and reasoning that will be discussed in the essay?
300
This paragraph summarizes the author's opinion at the end of an essay.
What is the conclusion?
300

The opposing claim is also called this.

What is the counterclaim?

300

This section of the rubric focuses on the extent to which the essay presents evidence from the provided text to support analysis.

What is command of evidence?

300

The part of the introduction that grabs the reader's attention.

What is the hook?

300

The purpose of a body paragraph.

What is to provide evidence and explain how it supports the claim.

400

Text-based evidence in an argumentative essay is used for this purpose.

What is to support the argument/claim.

400

We must properly __________ our evidence to avoid plagiarism.

What is cite?

400

This section of the rubric focuses on how the essay conveys complex ideas and information clearly and accurately in order to support claims in an analysis od the texts?

What is content and analysis?

400

The statement made at the end of a conclusion paragraph about the real-life relevance of a claim/topic.

What is the "so what" statement?

400

The purpose of a counterclaim paragraph. 

What is to acknowledge and rebut the opposing claim?

500

New evidence should never go in these two paragraphs.

What are the intro and conclusion paragraphs?

500

The formal name of the "..." used to replace parts of a quotation that have been cut out.

What is an ellipsis/ what are ellipses?

500

An essay that addresses fewer texts than required by the task can be scored no higher than this number.

What is 3?

500
A statement explaining why an opposing side's thinking is incorrect. 

What is a rebuttal?

500

The purpose of a conclusion paragraph. 

What is to summarize what has been argued in the essay?
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