Student:
Total Points Earned: x .10=
Be sure to review the Preliminary Draft Resource in Blackboard
and the interpretive essay at the end of Humanities chapter of the Insider’s Guide text.
FTCC ENGLISH DEPARTMENT: WRITING RUBRIC
Please note: Any student who intentionally plagiarizes a paper will automatically receive a zero on the assignment. Instructors
will not grade any research paper submitted without documentation (including in-text citations and a Works Cited page).
For an academic essay, the writer should:
OBJECTIVE 1: ORGANIZATION AND FOCUS (30%)
1A. Establish a clear and specific thesis in the introduction to guide the paper. (10/10*)
1B. Develop clear and specific topic sentences for each body paragraph that connect to the thesis. (5/5*)
1C. Maintain a logical organizational flow for the body paragraphs with transitional phrases to show relation of ideas. (5/5*)
1D. Construct an effective introduction and conclusion to unify the focus and significance of the paper. (10/10*)
Comments:
Begin with author, title, and genre of the work.
Describe the theme of the work.
Thesis should list the specific examples of a single literary element you plan to discuss (such as symbolism, character
