HOW TO SCORE A COMPOSITION
6.0 =   FOCUSES ON THE TOPIC, ORGANIZED, MANY IDEAS AND EXAMPLES, USES GREAT WORDS,
                 HAS . ? ! SENTENCES, CAPITALIZATION AND SPELLING ARE CORRECT
5.0 =  FOCUSES ON THE TOPIC, HAS IDEAS AND EXAMPLES, ORGANIZATION, USES GOOD WORDS,
                HAS . ? ! SENTENCES, CAPITALIZATION AND SPELLING ARE GENERALLY CORRECT
4.0 =  FOCUSES ON THE TOPIC, BUT HAS SOME INFORMATION THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE;
               SOME IDEAS HAVE DETAILS, BUT OTHERS DON'T; ORGANIZED, BUT SOMETHING MAY BE
               MISSING; WORDS ARE GOOD; USES LOTS OF SIMPLE SENTENCES; CAPITALIZATION AND
               SPELLING USUALLY CORRECT
3.0 =  GENERALLY FOCUSES ON THE TOPIC; MAY HAVE INFORMATION THAT IS NOT
             NEEDED; SOME ORGANIZATION; CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION ARE
             SOMETIMES INCORRECT, BUT COMMON WORDS ARE SPELLED CORRECTLY;
             USES SIMPLE SENTENCE; WORDS ARE OK; SOME IDEAS ARE NOT EXPLAINED
2.0 =  SLIGHTLY RELATES TO THE TOPIC; HAS FEW IDEAS AND EXAMPLES; A LITTLE BIT OF
                ORGANIZATION; WORDS ARE IMMATURE; SENTENCES ARE ALL SIMPLE; MANY ERRORS
                IN PUNCTUATION
1.0 =  HARDLY TALKS ABOUT THE TOPIC; LITTLE OR NO DETAILS, IDEAS, AND EXAMPLES; NO
                ORGANIZATION, MAY HAVE A LIST; LOT OF ERRORS IN CAPITALIZATION, PUNCTUATION,
                AND SPELLING; WORDS ARE IMMATURE; HAS INFORMATION THAT DOESN'T BELONG
U   =  THE WRITING IS NOT ABOUT THE TOPIC, OR THE PAPER CANNOT BE READ
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