This is a tool that can be used by a teaching parent or even by a student to judge the quality of written expression. Style Level Characteristics 4 Engaging Sentences varied in both length and pattern. Uses subordination appropriately, and often includes introductory adverbial phrases or clauses. Vocabulary is precise and used with some imagination.
Tone indicates an awareness of audience and purpose.
3 Functional, but easy to read. Tone Implies that the writer had little awareness of audience and purpose. Vocabulary tends to be repetitive and imprecise. No apparent effort to control tone 1 Difficult to read. Word choice is immature and often inappropriate.