| Thesis | No overarching argument can be discerned. | Is confusing, underdeveloped or contradictory. Will not fit well because of the range regarding the project. importance is confusing. | Exists and it is comprehensible, if underdeveloped in places. Could be extremely broad or unoriginal. Significance is talked about. | Is original, innovative, insightful and provocative. Is suitable towards the project's scale. Significance is obviously explained. |
| Evidence | Either no evidence is supplied, or there are several factual errors, omissions or oversimplifications. Author greatly overstates need for evidence. | Hinges on few sources. Not sufficient proof is supplied to guide writer's argument, or evidence is incomplete, oversimplified or incorrect. Limits of proof aren't well recognized. | A variety of forms of sources can be used to aid arguments. Provides necessary proof to persuade audience of all areas of the primary argument. Importance of proof often assumed. | An extensive variety of sources is utilized in imaginative how to help arguments. Efficiently integrates wider knowledge to spell out proof. Pupil shows the restrictions of various kinds of proof. |
