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ARGUMENTATIVE TEXTS
AREA SUBAREA BAND E BAND D BAND C BAND B BAND A
Grammar Several level- A few level- Correct use of Almost no No language
inappropriate inappropriate language. Even language mistakes have
language mistakes though some mistakes been made.
mistakes (six (four or five) mistakes have have been
or more) been made, made.
they do not
hinder
communication.
(No more than
three level-
inappropriate
mistakes)
Complexity Simple Inaccurate Both simple Accurate Varied use of
structures. use of and complex use of advanced
Use of English Choppy complex structures. A complex grammatical
sentences. structures. few complex structures. structures.
structures
have been
inaccurately
used.
Lexis Poor lexical An attempt Most of the Specific Lexical items
choice. No use has been specific lexical vocabulary are specific and
of specific made to use items have has been accurately
vocabulary specific been correctly used used. Varied
related to vocabulary, used. Some accurately. vocabulary.
topic. but it has not vague Very few
always been language. instances of
used vague
accurately. language.
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Audience Not reader- Audience Mostly reader- Reader- Audience-
friendly. No unclear, friendly, though friendly. oriented text.
clear audience which makes some segments Clear An effort has
in mind. the text are obscure or audience. been made to
difficult to difficult to facilitate
read at times. follow. reading.
Clarity Main point not Main point Main point Clear use of Very clear
clear. Several clear, but clear. Most main and presentation of
obscure supporting ideas are well supporting ideas. No
segments. ideas are developed. ideas. Very obscure
mostly Occasional few obscure segments.
obscure or obscure segments.
Coherence and difficult to segments.
Cohesion understand.
Connectivity Connectors Some Even though Accurate The piece has
and unity of inaccurately segments most segments use of unity.
effect. used or seem to be are smoothly connectors. Connectors
absent. unconnected. linked, some One point have been
Very few connectors are leads to the accurately
linkers. inaccurately next one. used and other
used or absent. connecting
strategies have
been
employed.
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Paragraphing Isolated Some isolated Most sentences The text has Not only have
sentences. The sentences. have been unified the sentences
text has not Unclear integrated into paragraphs. been organized
been organization paragraphs. No isolated in unified
organized into of paragraphs. Occasional sentences. paragraphs, but
paragraphs. isolated each paragraph
sentences. leads to the
next smoothly.
Title No title. A title has Even though a Good title. It Very intelligent
been included title has been seems to choice of title. It
but it seems to included, it summarize clearly contains
be needs the main the main idea of
unconnected. improvement. content. All the piece. All
Content Not all content content content words
words need to words have words have have been
be capitalized. been been capitalized.
capitalized. capitalized.
Layout / Style Punctuation Lack of Several Some Very few No
punctuation punctuation punctuation punctuatio punctuation
and / or mistakes. mistakes n mistakes. mistakes.
wrong use of Punctuation which do not Punctuation
basic makes affect the flow facilitates
punctuation reading of the text. reading.
rules. difficult.
Quotations No quotations Even though Quotations Most All quotations
have been quotations have been used quotations have been
used. have been but some of have been functionally
used, they them need to be functionally used and the
seem to be developed. used. They author has
disconnected. Some are also expanded and /
Wrong punctuation reworded by or elaborated
punctuation mistakes have author. on them.
has been used been made
to introduce when citing.
them.
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Task The task has The task has All aspects of The task The task has
fulfillment been poorly been the task have has been been fully
carried out. partially been covered fulfilled in achieved. The
Off subject or fulfilled. but one is not an answer
irrelevant very well integrated provides
answer. developed. way. evidence of
integration of
linguistic
knowledge.
Organization Ideas are not Some A few segments Most of the All ideas have
sequenced segments need to be ideas have been presented
effectively. need to be organized been well in a very
Task achievement
reorganized. differently. organized organized and
and Content
and clearly clear sequence.
sequenced.
Balance Very long Either the Most The text is The text has
segments introduction paragraphs well well balanced
clearly or the have a similar structured paragraphs.
contrast short conclusion is length and / or and most
segments. too long. The contain the paragraphs
main body same amount of mirror each
contains both information. other.
long and short
paragraphs.
Ideas There are very Even though Most main Very few Very
few central the text has a points need ideas need interesting
ideas or poor clear main expansion. expansion. ideas.
supporting point, it lacks
ideas. supporting
ideas.
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