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Excellent Good Proficient Below Average PoorPoints 30 26 21 8 0Content Demonstrates excellent understanding of the materials required for the essay; clearly addresses the topic; contains superior original ideas and insight; well-chosen examples from the course materials support the thesis and writers opinions convincing logical structure, well organized.Demonstrates good understanding of the material required for the essay; clearly addresses the topic; contains original ideas and insight, examples from the course material support the essays thesis and writers opinions, good logical structure; well organizedDemonstrates basic understanding of the concepts required for the essay; addresses the topic for most of the essay, contained original ideas and some insight; evidence of some incorporation of the course material to support the essays thesis and writers opinions adequate logical structure.Demonstrates limited understanding of the basic concepts required for the essay; strays off topic at times; contains limited original ideas or shows limited insight; incorporation of course material is limited or lacking; poor logical structureDemonstrates little or no understanding of the basic concepts required for the essay; frequently strays off topic; contains no original ideas or insights; no incorporation of course material; confusing or no logical structure.
