Causes of the American Revolution Rubric

I have taken a clear stand on an issue and I fully support it with appropriate personal or factual information.
I have chosen numerous specific details that more than adequately support my stand.
I have an organization that is logical and does not jump around.
I understand the type of audience I am writing for and I use language and arguments that they will understand.
I make good language choices to help influence the reader to agree with me.

I have taken a clear stand and I give it some support. The information is presented clearly.
I have chosen enough specific details to support my stand.
I have an organization that is logical but it strays a little.
I understand the type of audience I am writing for.
I make some good language choices to help influence the reader to agree with me.

I have taken a stand but I may not have made my position very clear. I tried to support it with some details but I may not have done a very good job. The details may not be the best ones I could have chosen or they might not even support my stand.
There are some details but they are too general or may not really help to explain my position.
I tried to have an organization but I did not do a good job with it and it tends to jump around.
I tried to understand the audience I was writing for.
I did not use good language choices to help influence the reader to agree with me.

I saw the prompt and I tried to respond to it. I did not take a stand on the issue. I presented some information but it still is not clear how I stand on the issue.
I have little or no details.
I have no real organization.
I did not try to write for the audience.
I did not use any language choices to help influence the reader to agree with me.