Racial Injustices Against African Americans in Chinese Protest Recipes by Clarence Kwan

Genre Analysis Rubric Criteria Argument Excellent The essay develops a complex, insightful interpretation about how key genre conventions in the chosen text address a particular discourse community and/or a relevant context. Claims are presented clearly, rely on persuasive, subtle reasoning and a nuanced reading of the text, and engage thoroughly with other perspectives or counterarguments. Ratings Good The essay develops a credible interpretation about how key genre conventions in the chosen text address a particular discourse community and/or a relevant context. Claims are presented clearly, rely on sound reasoning and an accurate reading of the text, and engage consistently with other perspectives or counterarguments. Competent The essay develops an adequate interpretation about how key genre conventions in the chosen text address a particular discourse community and/or a relevant context. Claims may be imprecise or unfocused, but they are still arguable, rely on acceptable reasoning and a mostly accurate reading of the text, and acknowledge other perspectives or counterarguments. Non-Passing The essay fails to develop an interpretation about how genre conventions in the chosen text address a particular discourse community and/or a relevant context. Claims may be unclear, overly simplistic or inarguable, illogical, convenient, off-topic, insufficiently developed, built on significant misreadings of the text, or disengaged from other perspectives. Evidence & Analysis Excellent Textual evidence is compelling and insightfully framed within the argument Analysis is sophisticated throughout, and relies on specific details to describe nuanced relationships between genre conventions, stylistic choices, purpose, audience, and/or context. Summaries are purposeful and support analytical thinking. Good Textual evidence is appropriate and sensibly framed within the argument. Analysis is coherent throughout, and relies on clear details to describe relationships between genre conventions, stylistic choices, purpose, audience, and/or context. Summaries are usually purposeful and support analytical thinking. Competent Textual evidence is sufficient to support the argument, though at times clumsily framed. Analysis is usually coherent and focused on relationships between genre conventions, stylistic choices, purpose, audience, and/or context Summaries support analytical thinking, but may displace more specific detail. Source Integration Excellent Primary and secondary sources are smoothly integrated into the argument, offering purposeful support without overwhelming the writer's own voice. The writer makes nuanced choices about when to quote and paraphrase. All sources are properly attributed in MLA style. Good Primary and secondary sources are appropriately integrated into the argument, offering effective support without overwhelming the writer's own voice. The writer makes effective choices about when to quote and paraphrase. All sources are properly attributed in MLA style. Competent Primary and secondary sources are adequately integrated into the argument, though they may offer inconsistent support or occasionally overwhelm the writer's own voice. The writer may struggle to make effective choices about when and how to quote and paraphrase. Most sources are properly attributed in MLA style. Non-Passing Textual evidence is insufficient to support the argument. Analysis may be vague, obvious, incoherent, or unconvincing, struggling to describe relationships between genre conventions, stylistic choices, purpose, audience, and/or context. Aimless summary may dominate the essay. Non•Passing Primary and secondary sources are inappropriately integrated into the argument, frequently fail to support the writer's claims, or frequently overwhelm the writer's own voice. The writer struggles to quote and paraphrase accurately, which perhaps leads to patchwriting. Sources may be improperly attributed.