B, 60-69, II.i: Very Good
These are the qualities associated with the grade B, 60-69, II.i: Very Good.
| Knowledge | Range [breadth/depth] | Extensive and detailed but perhaps slightly uneven, mostly well assimilated, with clear evidence of independent reading. |
| Command of Material | Confident and highly competent, with a clear and assured grasp of the most relevant features of primary texts and main aspects of the topic. | |
| Awareness of Scholarship | Conversant with immediately relevant literature and major issues surrounding a topic, though perhaps lacking consistently firm grasp of wider contexts. | |
| Argument & analysis | Focus on Question | Addresses the question directly, thoroughly and consistently; interrogates its terms capably and to good effect. |
| Clarity of Structure | Coherent, logical structure, consistently and effectively developed. | |
| Analytical Skills and Independence of Thought | Critically sound, constituting a serious attempt to engage with the question in an analytical way and showing clear evidence of a perceptive response to the material, though without fully drawing out some potentially relevant nuances and implications; some original insight and evidence of independent thought. | |
| Use & Evaluation of Evidence | Persuasive use of primary textual evidence in support of argument, though perhaps without a consistently sophisticated focus on telling detail; confident, analytical and accurate handling of an appropriate range of secondary sources. | |
| Language & Expression | Clarity, Organisation & Accuracy | Clear and generally precise; paragraphing generally expresses and supports the development of the argument. |
| Grammar & Syntax | Varied syntax; correct grammar. | |
| Spelling | Accurate. | |
| Fluency of Writing | Fluent. | |
| Scholarly apparatus | Accuracy & Consistency of Referencing | Accurate, consistent, and mainly well judged and appropriate, but possibly some omissions or over-elaboration, and occasional misjudgement as to where a reference is necessary. |
| Accuracy & Consistency of Works Cited list | Complete and accurate, perhaps occasional weakness in consistency and organisation. |