Any absence will greatly affect your ability to meet the requirements of the course. Attendance will be noted and taken into consideration concerning borderline grades when the final grade is given. One of the six out-of class papers may be turned in for revision. Plagiarism is pretending that someone else's ideas or writing is your own. Intentional failure to cite source material will be dealt with quickly and severely.
Content is clear and balanced.
There are no tangled sentences. A varied length of sentences is present and correct sentence structure is used. The pattern of development is clear and apparent and demonstrates forethought regarding the desired effect upon the reader. The style and tone are appropriate to the topic and audience. There may be an occasional mistake in mechanics .