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APEducationEssay

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AP English Language and Composition

Unit 1: Education

 

Short-Form Formal Essay: Definition/Personal Narrative: What is it to be "educated?" Relate a time you received an education. Ensure your personal narrative and definition mesh.

 

Requirements and scoring:

 

 

Exceptional

Well done

Acceptable

Not acceptable

Definition for education

Definition is fresh, clear, succinct, well-developed, and insightful

Definition is clear and succinct, yet well-developed

Definition is clear, developed somewhat

Definition lacks clarity despite attempt at explanation

Relationship of definition to story told/related

Crystalline, seamless connection between student’s story and definition

Clear connection between student’s personal story and definition created

Mostly clear, but some gaps, in how the student’s personal story relates to the definition created

Mostly unclear how the student’s personal story relates to the definition created

TAS sentence structures

Fluent, natural, eloquent, and correct use of structures

Mostly fluent, natural, and correct use of structures

Use of structures clear, yet lacks fluency and/or correct application

Use of structures attempted; lacks fluency, ability

Use of sentence variety

Particularly effective use of variety for rhetorical effect

Effective use of variety for rhetorical effect

Mostly effective use of variety for rhetorical effect

Ineffective use of variety for rhetorical effect

Narrative perspective

Perspective chosen particularly effective given text as a whole

Perspective chosen mostly effective given text as a whole

Perspective chosen effective occasionally

Perspective not effective OR not consistent

Figurative language

Particularly artful use that adds a new, fresh understanding to the point at hand

Effective use that adds understanding to the point at hand

 

Applied, but adds no new level of understanding

Allusion

Clear, poignant link from issue at hand to the allusion/reference

Clear link from issue at hand to the allusion/ reference

Mostly clear link from issue at hand to the allusion/ reference after consideration

Link is unclear between issue at hand and allusion/reference

Rhetorical question

Clearly rhetorical question related to the issue at hand

Question not entirely rhetorical OR seems only somewhat related to the issue at hand

Question not rhetorical OR seems unrelated to issue at hand

Formatting

Follows all formatting rules such as 1” margins, 10-12 point font, double-spaced throughout, etc.

 

Evidence of proofreading

Essay contains no little, niggling errors that inhibit a fluent read of the text.

Essay contains only a handful of oversights that do not interfere generally with a fluent read of the text

Essay contains quite a few oversights that do occasionally interfere w/ the a fluent read of the text

Essay contains errors that inhibit a fluent read of the text

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