For the Judges: Recognize Skillful Composition

 

 

 

The composition:

 

• is related to assigned topic.

 

• remains consistently focused on a central idea.

 

• is evenly and richly developed with selected supporting details and/or elaboration that clarifies and expands the   central idea, but may have occasional lapses.

 

• has an effective beginning, a middle and an end, and an overall sense of wholeness; may use transitional devices,   parallel structure, or other unifying devices to provide a mostly clear, unified progression of ideas.

 

• demonstrates control of language that enhances the overall quality of the response; includes some specific and engaging word choice, along with some purposefully varied sentences.

 

• demonstrates knowledge of the rules for sentence formation, word usage and mechanics, (may contain occasional errors,  but they do not detract from the overall quality of the composition).