Part A

Score

Criterion

Parallel structure

5

Paragraph uses parallel structure to organize and present ideas

4

Paragraph shows some evidence of parallel structure to organize and present ideas

3

Paragraph attempts to use parallel structure to organize and present ideas

Cohesive devices

5

Paragraph uses a variety of appropriate cohesive devices, including transitions, repetition and/or parallelism to connect ideas with in the paragraph and to help the writing flow smoothly from one idea and/or sentence to the next

4

Paragraph uses some appropriate cohesive devices, though it may rely more heavily on one kind of device than the others

3

Paragraph uses few appropriate cohesive devices and may repeat the same device rather than using a variety of those. This may cause the paragraph to see disjointed, as if the ideas don’t connect to each other

Part B

4

Response accurately identifies the organizational pattern the writer used and             explains in detail why that was chosen. Organizational pattern is appropriate for            this task

3

Response accurately identifies the organizational pattern the writer used and            vaguely explains why that was chosen. Organizational pattern is appropriate for            this task

2

Response accurately identifies the organizational pattern the writer used and            explains why that was chosen, but organizational pattern isn’t appropriate for this task

1

Response accurately identifies the organizational pattern used but fails to explain           why that was chosen

0

Other