Paired Text Rubric

Literary Analysis

4:

·         well-focused and persuasive analysis of the topic/theme

·         specific textual supports and quoted properly

·         demonstrates knowledge of style, diction, and syntactical terms and what each contributes to the meaning of the theme in the works as a whole

·         makes a strong case for their interpretation and discusses the literary work with significant insight and understanding

·         more sophisticated analysis

3:

·         makes a good case for their interpretation and discusses the literary work with significant insight and understanding

·         reasonable analysis of the topic/theme

·         insight and understanding, but the less perceptive, and/or less specific in supporting details

·         demonstrate some knowledge of style, diction, and syntactical terms but may miss chances to specifically name and explain what each contributes to the theme and of the work as a whole

·         analysis is less thorough

2:

·         responds to the assigned task with a practical approach but lacks persuasion

·         tends to be surface and shallow or underdeveloped in analysis

·         relies on plot summary that contains some attempt to discuss the topic and how it contributes to the work as a whole

·         demonstrates a rather simplistic understanding of the work’s syntax, diction, and style

·         does not address knowledge of style, diction, and syntax and the ways that they contribute to the theme of the work unsophisticated thinking and/or immature writing

1:

·         offers a less than thorough understanding of the task or a less than adequate treatment of it

·         incomplete or oversimplified understanding of the work

·         may rely on plot summary alone

·         unacceptably brief

·         ideas are presented with little clarity, organization, or supporting evidence

·         no evidence of textual quotes

·         no evidence of style, diction, and syntax