English | Grading Rubric| Write a Literary Analysis Essay
Grading Rubric
Write a Literary Analysis Essay
Total Score: 100 points
Use the rubrics and scoring instructions to grade the student’s assignment.
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English | Grading Rubric| Write a Literary Analysis Essay
27-Point Rubric
(Score: ___ of 81 points)
Skill 27-point score 20-point score 13-point score 6-point score 0-point score
Organization & For a 27-point score, the For a 20-point score, the For a 13-point score, the For a 6-point score, the No score:
Purpose student employs evident student employs student employs student employs incomplete
and effective organization appropriate organization inconsistent organization organization and (may be copied
and structure. and structure. and structure. structure that are difficult text from another
Understanding of the Understanding of the Understanding of the to follow. Understanding source)
purpose is conveyed purpose is conveyed purpose is conveyed of the purpose is may use
through fully developed through sufficiently through adequately conveyed through language other
ideas. developed ideas. developed ideas. minimally developed than English
effectively sufficiently adequately ideas. unclear topic
presents a claim, presents a claim, presents a claim, ineffectively unclear
position, evaluation, position, evaluation, position, evaluation, presents a claim, sequence and
or analysis or analysis or analysis position, evaluation, organization
logically sequences ideas inconsistently or analysis
sequences ideas to to create connections sequences ideas ineffectively
create strong and maintain which may affect sequences ideas;
connections and sufficient focus connections and minimal attempts to
maintain clear focus uses adequate focus create connections
effectively uses transition strategies uses transition and maintain focus
transition strategies to convey strategies to convey inadequately or
to clearly convey relationships among relationships among incorrectly uses
relationships among ideas ideas, though transition strategies
ideas provides a inconsistently provides an
provides a sufficient introduction provides an insufficient
meaningful and conclusion adequate introduction introduction and
introduction and and conclusion conclusion
conclusion
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Skill 27-point score 20-point score 13-point score 6-point score 0-point score
Development & For a 27-point score, the For a 20-point score, the For a 13-point score, the For a 6-point score, the No score:
Elaboration student effectively student sufficiently student adequately student ineffectively incomplete
interprets the meaning interprets the meaning interprets the meaning interprets the meaning (may be copied
and significance of and significance of and significance of and significance of text from another
literary elements and literary elements and literary elements and literary elements and source
applies these applies these applies these applies these may use
determinations to support determinations to support determinations to determinations to language other
evaluations and evaluations and somewhat support minimally support than English
analyses. analyses. evaluations and evaluations and unclear topic
effectively proficiently analyses. analyses. unclear
synthesizes synthesizes adequately ineffectively purpose
information from information from synthesizes some synthesizes
source material to source material to information from information from
develop and support develop and support source material to sources; does not
relevant and sufficient partially develop and develop reasons and
insightful interpretations support evidence
interpretations uses examples, interpretations uses few or
effectively uses textual evidence, and uses examples, unrelated examples,
examples, textual personal observation textual evidence, and textual evidence, and
evidence, and to sufficiently support personal observation personal observation
personal observation evaluations and to somewhat support to ineffectively
to fully support analyses evaluations and support evaluations
evaluations and sufficiently analyses and analyses
analyses examines and adequately but minimally
skillfully elaborates on the inconsistently examines and
examines and meaning of individual examines and elaborates on the
elaborates on the literary elements and elaborates on the meaning of individual
meaning of individual how these elements meaning of individual literary elements and
literary elements and work together to literary elements and how these elements
how these elements create meaning as a how these elements work together to
work together to whole work together to create meaning as a
create meaning as a create meaning as a whole
whole whole
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Skill 27-point score 20-point score 13-point score 6-point score 0-point score
Style & Vocabulary For a 27-point score, the For a 20-point score, the For a 13-point score, the For a 6-point score, the No score:
student effectively student conveys ideas student somewhat student vaguely conveys incomplete
conveys ideas with with sufficient word conveys ideas with ideas with unclear word (may be copied
meaningful word choice choice and vocabulary adequate word choice choice and vocabulary text from another
and vocabulary appropriate to the and vocabulary inappropriate to the source)
appropriate to the purpose and audience. appropriate to the purpose and audience. may use
purpose and audience. sufficiently purpose and audience. ineffectively language other
consistently employs precise attempts to employs precise than English
employs precise language, syntax, employ precise language, syntax, unclear topic
language, varied and academic and language, syntax, and academic and unclear
syntax, and effective domain-specific and academic and domain-specific purpose
academic and vocabulary domain-specific vocabulary
domain-specific demonstrates vocabulary demonstrates
vocabulary appropriate writing demonstrates inadequate writing
demonstrates style that adequate writing style that minimally
exemplary writing communicates a style that somewhat communicates
style that sufficient evaluations communicates evaluations and
communicates and analyses evaluations and analyses
compelling analyses
evaluations and
analyses
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19-Point Rubric
(Score: ___ of 19 points)
Skill 19-point score 14-point score 9-point score 4-point score 0-point score
Conventions For a 19-point score, the For a 14-point score, the For a 9-point score, the For a 4-point score, the No score
student demonstrates student demonstrates student demonstrates student demonstrates incomplete
exemplary command of proficient command of partial command of limited command of (may be copied
conventions of English. conventions of English. conventions of English: conventions of English. text from another
strong command adequate limited command insufficient source)
of grammar, command of of grammar, command of may use
mechanics, usage, grammar, mechanics, mechanics, usage, grammar, mechanics, language other
and spelling usage, and spelling and spelling usage, and spelling than English
accurate spelling, mostly accurate inconsistent inaccurate unclear topic
capitalization, and spelling, spelling, spelling, unclear
punctuation capitalization, and capitalization, and capitalization, and purpose
effective, varied punctuation punctuation punctuation
sentence structure appropriate, adequate, though ineffective
and length varied sentence simple, sentence sentence structure
few or no errors; structure and length structure and length and length
issues do not affect minor errors; some errors; many errors;
readability issues do not affect issues somewhat issues interfere with
readability affect readability readability
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Overall Comments:
Total score: ____ of 100 points
To calculate the final grade for this assignment, add the scores for each rubric topic for a maximum score of 100 points.
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