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Persuasive Literary Analysis Essay

Analyzing a short story and comparing it to the film adaptation discussing the use of story and film elements and how they relate to the theme

Rubric Code: H769AW

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Literary Analysis
	Above Standards 10 pts	Meets Standards 8 pts	Approaches Standards 6 pts	Below Standards 4 pts
Thesis Statement	Above Standards The analysis begins with a clear thesis statement that succinctly states the meaning of the whole work	Meets Standards The analysis begins with a thesis statement that somewhat states the meaning of the whole work or some part of it.	Approaches Standards The analysis begins with an unclear thesis statement	Below Standards The analysis has no thesis statement
Discussion of Theme	Above Standards Contains a clear, definite, persuasive argument and does a very good job of effectively explaining theme and purpose.	Meets Standards Contains an argument and explains theme and purpose.	Approaches Standards The paper has some good arguments. It does a fairly good job of persuading the reader.	Below Standards The paper has no or very few arguments. It is not persuasive in nature.
Support for Position	Above Standards Includes 3 arguments that support the position statement.	Meets Standards Includes 3 arguments but does not support the position statement.	Approaches Standards Includes 2 aruguments but does not effectively support the position statement.	Below Standards includes 1 argument.
Evidence	Above Standards The paper contains an abundance of evidence from the text/movie, and is formatted according to MLA. They are correctly integrated into the paper.	Meets Standards The paper contains sufficient pieces of evidence from the story/film. MLA formatting is mostly correct, but quotes are inefficiently integrated. Commentary is not present in all cases.	Approaches Standards The paper contains few pieces of evidence from the story/film. MLA formatting is done incorrectly. The quotes are not integrated into the paper.	Below Standards The paper contains no evidence from the story/film. MLA formatting is incorrect.
Conventions/Grammar/Vocab	Above Standards The paper contains 4 or fewer grammatical errors. It flows well and has no glaring errors. Vocabulary is diverse, scholarly, challenging, concise, and has smooth and effective transitions throughout. MLA is flawless.	Meets Standards The paper contains 4-8 grammatical errors. It flows fairly well and has minor errors. Vocab is mostly appropriate, mildly challenging, but ambiguous.Transitions are present. MLA is mostly correct.	Approaches Standards The paper contains 10 grammatical errors. It flows poorly and has many errors. Vocab is not challenging, language is ambiguous.The paper has a few transitions. MLA has been attempted.	Below Standards The paper contains 10 or more grammatical errors. It does not flow and has significant errors. Vocab is poor. The paper has no transitions. MLA is forgotten.

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English

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Writing

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