iRubric: Character Analysis Essay Peer Evaluation rubric

Clear and strong thesis statement. The thesis statement previews the three main points which will be analyzed in the essay. The thesis statement makes an assertion about how these qualities led to the demise of the character --or--how these qualities were used to complicate the action of the play.

Thesis statement is clear but could be a little stronger. The thesis statment previews three of the main points which will be analyzed in the essay.

Thesis statement is somewhat unclear and is stated as a fact. Thesis statement only mentions two of the character's qualities that will be analyzed in the essay.

Thesis statement is very unclear. Only mentions one qualitiy of the character that is going to be analyzed, or does not mention one at all.

Student writes rich and descriptive commentary that explains directly how the evidence supports the conclusion. Student may give examples that further illustrate or explain the evidence.

Student writes commentary that directly explains how the evidence supports the conclusion. Student may give one example that further illustrates or explains the evidence.

Student's commentary is often unrelated to evidence given, or does not clearly explain how the evidence supports the assertion directly.

Student has very no commentary, or commentary that is writtten is unrelated to discussion of the evidence presented.

Student included an introduction (containing strong attention-getting material, the title and author, a brief summary of the work and the thesis statement), a body paragraph for each quality analyzed, and a conclusion. Student cites source of all direct quotations and reliable outside sources by creating in-text citations using MLA formatting guidelines .

Student included an introduction (containing attention-getting material, the title and author, a brief summary of the work and the thesis statement), a body paragraph for each quality analyzed, and a conclusion. Student cites source of some quotations by creating in-text citations and outside sources using ML A formatting guidelines, but may have one formatting error.

Student is missing one or two paragraphs (introduction, body, conclusion). Errors in organization may make it difficult to read essay. An attempt to use in-text citations for direct quotations, as well as the inclusion of reliable sources have been made, but the citations and sources do not follow MLA format.

Student is missing several parts of the essay. May have written the essay as one long paragraph or as a list. Organization errors make the essay difficult to read. In-text citations have not been used to cite the source of direct quotations.