Use this rubric for all of your students' essays! This universal rubric can be used to assess argument writing, expository writing, research papers, literary analysis essays, and more!This resource has three main criteria: ideas, structure, and language. These criteria include the following categories:Claim/CounterclaimIntroduction/ConclusionEvidenceReasoningOrganization & Topic SentencesTransitions & Embedding EvidenceFormal LanguageFormat & CitationsConventions (Grammar/Spelling)Ea