SAT Writing Section: ESSAY Question: RUBRIC

SCORING SCALE

Your essay will be graded by two high school or college teachers. They will each give you a score from 1 to 6 (with 6 being the best). Your total score is the sum of these two scores.

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WHAT THE SCALE MEANS

score	response to prompt & support	organization	language skills (vocab)	sentence structure (variety, mistakes)	grammar, usage, & mechanics
6	insightful response, with specific and clearly relevant examples cited as support	clearly focused, smooth progression of ideas	varied and accurate vocabulary (i.e. you've got skills)	substantial variety	very few and insignificant errors (if any)
5	effective response, with fairly specific and generally relevant examples cited as support	focused, smooth progression of ideas	appropriate vocabulary	frequent variety	more or less free of most errors
4	response is there, but the examples aren't that specific and their relevance is barely adequate	generally focused, ideas progress but not very smoothly	adequate but inconsistent use of vocabulary	some variety	some errors
3	response is there, but the examples don't cut it	limited focus, ideas don't progress from one to another	weak vocabulary or occasionally poor word choice	no variety, occasional mistakes	a variety of errors
2	response is vague, and the examples are inappropriate or insufficient	poor focus, problems with progression of ideas	very limited vocabulary or frequently poor word choice	persistent mistakes	enough errors to be confusing at times
1	no response, no examples	unfocused, confusing progression of ideas	basic errors in vocabulary	serious flaws	persistent errors that consistently obscure the meaning

Response to Prompt & Support – Basically, every SAT prompt is asking you a question. MAKE IT CLEAR WHETHER YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE with the prompt, and SUPPORT YOUR STANCE with specific and relevant examples.

Organization – To be well-organized, an SAT essay should have the following paragraphs in this order: introduction, first example, second example, third example, and conclusion. This format will help your ideas progress smoothly from one to another.

Language Skills (Vocab) – This aspect of the rubric illustrates that the graders are seeking a vitality of vocabulary uncommon in pedestrian conversations. In other words, they want to see how many fancy words you can dump on ‘em. But make sure to use your vocab correctly, or it counts against you. Learn some exemplary words before you take the test, and this is not as hard as it sounds.

Sentence Structure (variety, mistakes) – They want variety in your sentence structure. They want accuracy in your sentence structure. They don’t want to read an essay that sounds like these three sentences. Mix it up! Do this by varying the length and organization of your sentences.

Grammar, Usage, Mechanics – If you’re grammar aren’t right, they graders has trouble understanding what your saying. No matter how great your ideas are, they won't compensate for confusing grammar.

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SCORING SCALE

WHAT THE SCALE MEANS

score

response to prompt & support

organization

language skills (vocab)

sentence structure (variety, mistakes)

grammar, usage, & mechanics

6

5

4

3

2

1