A sympathetic reader should be able to understand all of the text with very brief pauses. Text should flow in such a way that the reader can readily understand it. Return to top of page Return to Level 3 Writing Tasks - Analytic Rubric Level of Discourse reflects the degree of linguistic sophistication used to communicate ideas. At this level, students are creating with the language using a variety of discrete sentences. As students improve their level of discourse, they incorporate cohesive devices to produce connected sentences with the ultimate goal of producing paragraph-length discourse.
Sentences consist basically of the same simple pattern, mostly complete yet repetitive.
There are no or almost no cohesive devices. 2 points - Variety of discrete sentences, some cohesive devices. Sentences have a variety of verbs and possibly of subject pronouns. Some sentences may be longer. Sentences have a wide variety of verbs and possibly of subject pronouns.