Topic: Football: Seeing Is Believing

Order Description Please Edit This Essay According To Rubric Below. Also, Please Attach A Cover Letter Which Should Be The First Page. A Cover Letter Is a formal analysis of your individual writing process. A cover letter is critical thinking applied to your writing process. You should approach it as ?meta-analysis? or self-observation of the steps you took to create your essay. A Cover Letter Should be 250 Words. The Essay Is Already Written Just Add The Cover Letter And Follow Below Comments On The Rubric That I Have Attached. English 103 Rubric for Essays Student: Essay Assignment: This I Believe MLA Format: Yes__X___ No_____ (If ?No? 5 pts. deducted from original grade) Does essay clearly respond to the assigned topic? Yes__X__ No_____ (If ?No,? no credit is given. Essay must be rewritten to fulfill the assignment only according to the class revision schedule.) Original Grade: (maximum 75) Extra Points for On-Time Upload: +10 Essay Elements Max pts. are listed Excellent Good Improvement Needed Unsatisfactory or Fail (Additional Comments) Cover Page 25 pts. Self-analysis of writing steps/process Essay?s evolution from notes to final draft. Qualities of thought 0 No cover page attached/uploaded. Writing Clarity 10 pts. Correct sentences and grammar as part of effective expression; word choice and sentence style The writing is somewhat clear; however, there are quite a few sentence fragments and spelling errors. 8 Organization & Coherence 10 unified and ?organic? beginning middle and end; appropriate paragraph style and length effective transitions, use of key words and phrases, clear and cohesive integration of quotations and any second source material The paper is organized, but the single body paragraph is too long. It would have been ideal to create two body paragraphs. 7 Argument 15 Cohesive structure of thesis statement and topic sentences (correctly placed and clearly stated) directly affects argumentation sound logic & other aspects of persuasive discourse (avoids bias, slanted language, unfounded claims, bias) displays logos, ethos, pathos) analysis or evaluation rather than summary or simple narration The argument is clear, but is not clearly supported. Your body paragraph is unfortunately almost entirely summary instead of reasons for why you believe in football. 13 Support 10 Representative, sufficient, specific, and relevant supporting details makes ample use of text and/or secondary sources to support points The support used (the football game) is a good one, but you need to do more than just summarize the events - explain why exactly this game made you believe in the power of football. Do not let your examples/quotes speak for themselves. 7 Voice & Tone 5 Tone (including level of diction) is appropriate to subject Writer?s voice is present throughout Awareness of audience is apparent The tone is a tad too informal at times. 3 MLA Style N.A. Correct use of quotations Sufficient and correct notation of sources according to MLA guidelines Works cited page (included, correct)