Materialism is Positive or Negative
750 words is fine
MLA citation
Prompt:
What is “materialism”? How does it relate to you and your life? Do you believe materialism is positive or negative? Why?
Synthesis Paper Rubric
Learning Outcomes:
- locate and evaluate sources, through library research, and integrate research through appropriate citation and quotation;
- present effective arguments that use a full range of legitimate rhetorical and logical strategies to articulate and explain their positions on complex issues in dialogue with other points of view;
- locate, interpret, evaluate, and synthesize evidence in a comprehensive way in support of your ideas;
- identify and critically evaluate the assumptions in and the context of an argument;
- distinguish and convey inductive and deductive patterns as appropriate, sequencing arguments and evidence logically to draw valid conclusions and articulate related outcomes (implications and consequences).
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Criteria |
Points Possible |
Points Earned |
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Has identified a clear theme they will use to relate the articles (Thesis/Purpose statement). |
3 |
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Quotes/Paraphrases at least 3 articles. No excessively long quotes (2 sentences MAX) |
5 |
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Relates the articles to each other (does not stack quotes from one article). |
5 |
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Paper is well formatted into paragraphs (Headings optional). |
3 |
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Has a MLA bibliography at the end of the paper in ALPHABETICAL order |
2 |
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Grammar and Punctuation:
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2 |
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Total |
20 |
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