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Grades and Point Values

Linked Assignments: 90%

  • I: Bibliograpical Documentation and Annotation 15%
  • II: Defining the Issues? 15%
  • III: Rhetorical Analysis and Evaluation of an Argument 15%
  • IV: Audience Analysis and Audience-Directed Argumentation, Part I 5%
  • V: Rhetorical Analysis and Evaluation of Assignment IV 15%
  • VI-VII: Audience Analysis and Audience-Directed Argumentation, Part II
          & Writer's Apology 25%
Essay Grade/Point equivalency is determined as follows:
Linked Assignments I-III and V

A+ (15) / A (14.25) / A- (13.8) / B+ (13.2) / B (12.75) / B- (12.3) / C+ (11.7) / C (11.25) / C- (10.8)
D+ (10.2) / D (9.75) / D- (9.3) / F (8.25)

Linked Assignment IV

Credit (5) / Partial Credit (2.5)
(Any work not meriting half-credit will receive 0 credit.)

Linked Assignments VI-VII
(graded together as a combined assignment)

A+ (25) / A (23.75) / A- (23) / B+ (22) / B (21.25) / B- (20.5) / C+ (19.5) / C (18.75) / C- (18)
D+ (17) / D (16.25) / D- (15.5) / F (13.75)

Other: 10%

  • Presentation 5%
  • Participation 5%