CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE WRITING
 

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FOCUS:                SHARP, DISTINCT              APPARENT               NOT APPARENT      MINIMAL

                                                4                                           3                                    2                             1         

CONTENT:           SUBSTANTIAL                     SUFFICIENT             LIMITED                    MINIMAL

                                    SPECIFIC                             ADEQUATE              INADEQUATE

                                                4                                            3                                   2                             1

ORGANIZATION:
                                 SOPHISTICATED               FUNCTIONAL          CONFUSED               MINIMAL

Beginning              EVIDENT                               LOGICAL                  INCONSISTENT     

Middle                                    4                                            3                                  2                             1

End

STYLE:                       PRECISE                             GENERIC                    LIMITED                MINIMAL

HAS SPARKLE                 4                                              3                                  2                              1
 

CONVENTIONS:
                                        EVIDENT                           SUFFICIENT              LIMITED                MINIMAL

 Grammar                            4                                             3                                  2                              1

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