More than an occasional sentence contain misplaced words or phrases which confuse the meaning. The writing exhibits more than an isolated failure to recognize the grammatical completeness of the sentence. Objective G. Students' writing will demonstrate style, personal voice, and coherence as a communicator. Students' writing will demonstrate the writer's personal stance or voice as a communicator, which includes tone, point of view, attitude or personality. It also assesses the originality of the overall presentation, including the writer's ability to control the elements of writing to please, convince, or otherwise affect the reader.
Word choice is consistently precise, varied, economical or inventive.
The writing clearly shows stylistic talent. Word choice is generally precise, varied, economical, or inventive. The writing exhibits some success at style. Word choice is occasionally precise, varied, economical, or inventive. Stylistic awkwardness may be evident, but is not seriously distracting.