Touchstone 3: Draft a Persuasive Proposal

 Advanced (100%)Proficient (85%)Acceptable (75%)Needs Improvement (50%)Non-Performance (0%)Argument Development and Support (40 points)Provide a clear argument with sufficient support.The argument is focused on an arguable community or workplace issue and is thoroughly developed with highly relevant details to support it, including the use of rhetorical appeals and source material.The argument is focused on an arguable community or workplace issue and is well-developed with relevant details to support it, including the use of rhetorical appeals and source material.The argument is not focused on an arguable community or workplace issue and; or it is not fully developed while it is supported by some relevant details, including rhetorical appeals and source material, some aspects of the argument are neglected.The argument is poorly developed with irrelevant details that frequently distract from the argument; there is little evidence of the use of rhetorical appeals and/or source material.The argument is not developed and/or the composition is not argumentative; details are irrelevant and distract from the argument.Research (30 points)Incorporate sources through effective quotations, paraphrases, and summaries.Cites all outside sources appropriately in APA format; incorporates credible sources smoothly and effectively through direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary.Primarily cites outside sources appropriately in APA format; incorporates credible sources effectively through direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary.Generally cites outside sources appropriately in APA format; incorporates credible sources adequately through direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary.Cites outside sources, but most are cited improperly and not in APA format; incorporates sources through direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary, but the integration is not smooth and/or the credibility of the sources is unclear.Does not cite sources, or citation is consistently inappropriate; does not reference sources and/or sources are not credible or appropriate.Organization (15 points)Exhibit competent organizational writing techniques.Includes all of the required components of an argumentative research paper, including an introduction with relevant and engaging background information and an argumentative thesis statement, an adequate number of body paragraphs with effective topic sentences, a body paragraph addressing counterargument(s), and a conclusion with an effective closing thought.Includes all of the required components of an argumentative research paper, including an introduction with background information, an argumentative thesis statement, an adequate number of body paragraphs with effective topic sentences, a body paragraph addressing counterargument(s), and a conclusion with an effective closing thought.Includes nearly all of the required components of an argumentative research paper; however, one component is missing.Includes most of the required components of an argumentative research paper, but is lacking two components; sequences ideas and paragraphs such that the connections between ideas (within and between paragraphs) are sometimes unclear and the reader may have difficulty following the progression of the argument.Lacks several or all of the components of an argumentative research paper; sequences ideas and paragraphs such that the connections between ideas (within and between paragraphs) are often unclear and the reader has difficulty following the progression of the argument.Style (5 points)Establish a consistent, informative tone and make thoughtful stylistic choices.Demonstrates thoughtful and effective word choices, avoids redundancy and imprecise language, and uses a wide variety of sentence structures.Demonstrates effective word choices, primarily avoids redundancy and imprecise language, and uses a variety of sentence structures.Demonstrates generally effective style choices, but may include occasional redundancies, imprecise language, poor word choice, and/or repetitive sentence structures.Frequently includes poor word choices, redundancies, imprecise language, and/or repetitive sentence structures.Consistently demonstrates poor word choices, redundancies, imprecise language, and/or repetitive sentence structures.Conventions (5 points)Follow conventions for standard written English.There are only a few, if any, negligible errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are occasional minor errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are some significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are frequent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are consistent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.Reflection (5 points)Answer reflection questions thoroughly and thoughtfully.Demonstrates thoughtful reflection; consistently includes insights, observations, and/or examples in all responses, following or exceeding response length guidelines.Demonstrates thoughtful reflection; includes multiple insights, observations, and/or examples, following response length guidelines.Primarily demonstrates thoughtful reflection, but some responses are lacking in detail or insight; primarily follows response length guidelines.Shows limited reflection; the majority of responses are lacking in detail or insight, with some questions left unanswered or falling short of response length guidelines.No reflection responses are present.