Theatre Department
Scoring Criteria

Writing competency in the Department of Theatre will be met when students:

1. Demonstrate the Ability to Organize Writing as evidenced by:
• Clear Thesis Statement,
• Clear Introduction and Conclusion,
• Clear Connection of Ideas from Sentence to Sentence and Paragraph to Paragraph.

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2. Demonstrate Convincing and Persuasive Analysis as evidenced by:
• Strong Support of Claims with Appropriate Examples, Illustrations, and Details,
• Contextualized Examples as Compelling Evidence, and
• Confident and Appropriate Voice.

More than Satisfactory _______ Satisfactory _______ Unsatisfactory _______

 

3. Demonstrate Critical Thinking Within the Discipline as evidenced by:
• Interesting and Discrete Ideas,
• Originality of Ideas,
• Insightfulness, and
• Reasoned Articulation of Personal Point of View.

More than Satisfactory _______ Satisfactory _______ Unsatisfactory _______

 

4. Use Correct Grammar and Mechanics as evidenced by:
• Correct and Interesting Syntax,
• Interesting Diction,
• Appropriate Citations, and
• Correct Punctuation and Spelling.

More than Satisfactory _______ Satisfactory _______ Unsatisfactory _______

 

5. Fulfill the Goals of the Assignment as evidenced by:
• Following directions and
• Completing all tasks.

More than Satisfactory _______ Satisfactory _______ Unsatisfactory _______

 

6. Overall, this paper is:

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