WRITING THE ESSAY:

• Thesis:

To earn this point, the thesis must make a claim that responds to the prompt rather than restating or rephrasing the prompt. The thesis must consist of sentences located in the introduction.

1. contains a well-developed thesis that clearly addresses the given time period and topics and provides a valid argument

2. contains a thesis which addressed the given time period and topics

3. presents a limited, confused and/or poorly developed thesis

4. contains no thesis, or a thesis which does not address the question