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"Holistic scoring is based on the theory that a whole piece of writing is greater than the sum of its parts. With this method, essays are read for the total impression that they create, rather than for individual aspects.
Raters award a single score for the overall quality of essays based on an integrated set of specified criteria. Criteria typically include organization, development of ideas, style, mechanics, diction, and usage. These facets are judged together, not separately."
- from Educational Testing Service (ETS),
COMPOSING (this can include following directions)
-central idea
-organization
-elaboration
-transitions
-point of view
WRITTEN EXPRESSION
-voice
-tone/attitude
-vocabulary
-active verbs
-sentence variety
-imagery
USAGE/MECHANICS
-sentence structure
-spelling
-verb tenses
-subject-verb agreement
-pronoun-antecedent agreement
-punctuation
-capitalization
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