Grading Criteria:
-The Purpose of informing the reader about a literary topic is evident.
-The research paper has an introduction with a thesis statement.
-The body paragraphs contain facts and quotations from research.
-The research paper ends with a conclusion.
-The Organization of ideas in the research paper is easy to follow, and the paper includes formatting, graphics, and multimedia.
-The research paper includes both internal citations and a Works Cited page.
-The language of the research paper is appropriate and clear and includes domain-specific vocabulary and literary techniques or devices that help convey complex ideas.
-The tone of the research paper is consistently serious.
-The paper has a variety of sentence structures and sentence beginnings.
-The paper is at least 1,800 words.
Four trusted sources, one must be a print source. (No encyclopedias)
I have attached the grading rubric for this paper as well.
This is also a paper for a high school English class, so please write accordingly to that academic level. Thanks!