Appendix 5 - Essay Rubric 1
Prompt: | Analyze three characters from each of the plays we have read. Be sure to emphasize the most important of these attributes of character: physical, symbolic, motivational, language, perspective, and psychological shift. Interpret these attributes to explain how they relate to the meaning of the work as a whole. |
9=90-95%
8=85-89% |
well-focused and persuasive analysis uses apt and specific textual support demonstrates how characterization contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole not without flaws makes a strong case for the interpretation discusses the literary work with significant insight and understanding 9's reveal more sophisticated analysis and more effective control of language than do essays scored an 8. |
7=80-84%
6=75-79% |
offers reasonable analysis demonstrates how characterization contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole discusses the literary work with insight and understanding analysis is less thorough, less perceptive, and/or less specific in supporting detail than that of the 9-8
essays 7's present better-developed analysis and more consistent command of the elements of effective composition
than those scored a 6. |
5=70-74% |
responds to the assigned task with a plausible reading tends to be superficial or underdeveloped in analysis often relies upon plot summary that contains some analysis, implicit or explicit attempts to discuss the prompt and what that contributes to the work as a whole demonstrates a rather simplistic understanding of the work reveals unsophisticated thinking and/or immature writing demonstrates adequate control of language lacks effective organization marred by surface errors. |
4=65-69%
3=60-64% |
offers a less than thorough understanding of the task or a less than adequate treatment of it reflects an incomplete or oversimplified understanding of the work fails to establish the nature of the prompt may not develop a response to how characterization contributes to the work as a whole relies on plot summary alone assertions may be unsupported or even irrelevant wordy, elliptical, or repetitious lacks control over the elements of college-level composition 3's may contain significant misreadings and demonstrate inept writing. |
2=55-59%
1=50-54% |
makes some attempt to respond to the prompt compounds the weaknesses of the papers in the 4-3 range unacceptably brief or are incoherent in presenting their ideas poorly written on several counts and contain distracting errors in grammar and mechanics remarks are presented with little clarity, organization, or supporting evidence particularly inept, vacuous, and/or incoherent essays must be scored a 1 |
0 | These essays make no more than a reference to the task, are left blank or are completely off topic. |
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