Content & Structure
Introduction
- Reference to the source: incomplete or not given – 2-3%
- Topic (Subject matter): distorted or not given – 7-10%
- Thesis statement: incomplete/inaccurate, or not given – 7-12%
Main Body and Conclusion
Ideas
- An idea distorted or left out – 5-7 % each case
- Excess details – 5-7%
- Repetition of ideas – 5% each case
- Hidden quoting – 5% each case
- Personal opinion given – 3% each case
- Unnecessary sum-up in conclusion – 5%
Paragraph structure
- No topic sentence – 7% each case
- Topic sentence does not support thesis statement – 7%
- Topic sentence not developed or ≠ support – 7% each case
Coherence & cohesion
- No mention of the author (2-3 times in the text) – 3%
- Faulty logic (hasty conclusions, logical gaps, circular arguments, etc.) – 5% each case
- Poor or no cohesion within/between paragraphs – 5-7%
Length
Over 1/3 of the original text – 5-7%
| Language | Grading Scale | ||
| Mistake | Penalty | Grades | Numerical scale |
| Sp (spelling) | 1% | A | 100 – 90% |
| P (punctuation) | 1% | B | 89 – 82% |
| Art (article) | 2% | C | 81 – 75% |
| Prep (preposition) | 2% | D | 74 – 67% |
| Ww (wrong word) | 3-5% | E | 66 – 60% |
| Gr (grammar) | 3-5% | F | < 60% |
| St (style) | 3% | ||
| S (sense) | 5% | ||
| Primitive language (simple sentences, no complex structures, no new vocabulary) | 10% |