Persuasive Essay Rubric

The Essay

Pre-writing complete and effective with the use of an outline  20
A strong introduction with very few errors and a good sense of focus 10
A well written body that includes at least 3 well written paragraphs with specific details to persuade 30
A strong conclusion with very few errors and a good sense of focus 10
 Contains a strong thesis statement 15
Conventions 
spelling, grammar, 
sentence structure
 capitalization, punctuation
 etc.
15

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