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Full marks have been achieved. You have clearly answered the prompt fully and reached the word length requirement.

This answered the prompt, but only superficially. More depth is required. This may have also been short of the required word length.

This doesn’t really address the prompt fully, and/or does not meet the word length requirements. More is required.

Does not really address the prompt, and is significantly short of the word length requirements.

Fails to address the prompt in any meaningful way.

Full marks have been achieved. You have clearly understand and have addressed the issues at play.

This shows a pretty good understanding of the material, but some points were confused or unclear.

There were some significant parts that demonstrated a lack of understanding or were unclear.

Does not really understand or address the issues at play, but does touch on some of the themes raised in class.

Fails to understand the issues in any meaningful way.

Full marks have been achieved. You have clearly demonstrated you critical analysis of the material by digesting the material and using original thought to explain your understanding.

This shows a some strong critical analysis, but has relied too heavily on other’s ideas and opinions, without contributing much of your own thinking.

Much of your ideas were lost, but instead only relied on opinions of others to do the thinking for you. It tends to be only a series of quotes and cited material, without your voice entering into the picture.

Does not really provide much critical analysis either from others or yourself.

Fails to provide any sort of analysis at all.

Full marks have been achieved. You have not only met, but exceeded the requirements for finding and utilizing peer reviewed sources relevant to the issues.

This was very good. You have met the minimum requirements for finding peer reviewed sources relevant to the issues.

This does not meet the required number of peer reviewed sources, but does have at least some.

This has sources, but they are not peer reviewed or not relevant to the issues.

Fails to provide any meaningful research at all.

Full marks have been achieved. Your writing is clear and easy to follow from point to point. Is structured well, with no/very few grammatical mistakes, and flows nicely from start to finish.

This was very good, but had a number of grammatical mistakes and/or issues with flow. Be sure to look at my writing tips for things to avoid.

This had significant grammar and/or structural issues. The points were difficult to follow and seemed to lack flow from one point to another.

Some structure but hard to follow

Not really structured at all and/or very difficult to read.

Full marks have been achieved. You have citied everything perfectly.

This was close, but there was some inconsistency in your citations. Sometimes you got it, and sometimes you didn’t.

This was good, but you are likely missing some information in your footnotes/bibliography.

This means your are probably confusing Chicago style with other styles, or you have used Chicago style, but forgot a bibliography.

Simply did not use Chicago style at all. You may have used another style perfectly, but that is not what I require.

Failed to use any footnotes and/or bibliography at all through your essay, neglecting to properly cite any information.