OQ ESSAY SCORING

Typical grade conversions
9 = A  
Perspicacious and extremely well articulated throughout.
8 = A-  
Sophisticated, well-supported.
7 = B+  
Strong (but less well-supported or developed than 8/9 papers).
6 = B        
Reasonable, sustained, competent analysis.
5 = B-           
Plausible, adequate, possibly under-developed; still an upper level score. Generally less thorough and well organized than responses with higher scores.
4 = C+ or C  
Incomplete response (lacks thoroughness), too much unnecessary plot summary, may ignore part of prompt.
3 = C or C-    
Misreadings, off-track from the prompt, etc.

2/1 = D/F      
Consistent misreadings, unacceptably brief, etc.

Notes

Sophisticated writing is valued:

Consistent command of tone, diction, and syntax will tend to solidify and possibly increase a score.

Inconsistent command of tone, diction, and syntax will tend to will tend to keep a score from being higher than it might be otherwise.

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