Persuasive Letter Rubric
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Persuasive Letter Rubric
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Strongly and
Clearly states a
Personal opinion is
Personal opinion is
Opening
clearly states a
personal opinion.
not clearly stated.
not easily understood
personal opinion.
Some references to
Little or no
with no reference to
Statement
Clearly identifies
the issue.
references to the
the issue.
the issue.
issue.
Provides 2 or more
Provides 2 details,
Provides at least 1
Provides little or no
strong details,
reasons and/or
detail, reason
support of the
Supporting
Details
reasons and/or
examples in support
and/or example in
opinion.
examples in
of the opinion.
support of the
support of the
opinion.
opinion
Chooses words that
Adequately chooses
Chooses some
Language and tone
Tone/
are clear,
words that are clear
words that are
of letter is unclear
Language
descriptive and
and descriptive.
clear and
and lacks
accurate. Maintains
Demonstrates a
descriptive. Lacks
description.
consistent
persuasive tone in
consistent
persuasive tone
parts of the letter.
persuasive tone.
throughout letter.
Sentences and
Sentence and
Sentence and
Little or no evidence
Format/
paragraphs are
paragraph structure
paragraph structure
of sentence or
Organization
complete, well
is generally correct.
is inconsistent
paragraph structure.
written and varied.
Summarizes
Summarizes
Concluding
Concluding
Concluding
personal opinion in
personal opinion in
statement is a weak
statement makes no
Statement
a strong concluding
a concluding
summary of
reference to personal
statement.
statement.
personal opinion.
opinion.
Contains few, if
Contains several
Contains many
Contains many
Mechanics
any punctuation,
errors in
punctuation,
punctuation, spelling
and
spelling or
punctuation,
spelling and/or
and/or grammatical
grammatical errors.
spelling or grammar
grammatical errors
errors that make the
Grammar
that do not interfere
that interfere with
piece illegible.
with meaning.
meaning
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