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4Lower Half Scores:4-3: These lower-half essays may reflect an incomplete understanding of the question or thesis and/or targettext. Typically, they fail to respond adequately to part or parts of the question or thesis. The treatment oflanguage, imagery, and/or structure in relation to the meaning may be weak, meager, or irrelevant. Thediscussion of multiple perspectives and/or meanings may be unclear or convoluted. The writing demonstratesshaky control over the standard elements of composition. These essays often contain recurrent stylistic flawsand/or misreadings and a lack of persuasive evidence from the text. Essays scoring a 3 exhibit more than one ofthe above deficiencies – they are marred by significant misinterpretations, insufficient development, and seriousomissions.2-1: These essays compound the weaknesses of the papers in the 4-3 range. They may seriously misread thetarget text and/or the question/thesis. Frequently they are unacceptable brief. They are often poorly written inseveral ways and may contain many distracting errors in grammar and mechanics. While some attempt mayhave been made to answer the question, the writer’s views are presented with little clarity, organization, orsupporting evidence.0: This is a response with little more than a reference to the target text.--: This indicates a blank response or one that is completely off topic.