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Arthurian Literature

Literature Essay

Choose a piece of visual art inspired by an Arthurian legend and comment on its use of the legend.

Rubric Code: KA54B7

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Subject: Humanities

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Rubric Criteria
	Inadequate 1 pts	Poor 2 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Thesis 5 %	Inadequate No clear thesis. No reference to legend or art work. No opinion stated. No theme selected.	Poor Thesis is unclear, vague or implied. Either the legend or title of the art work is not specified. Either opinion or theme is missing.	Fair Thesis mentions primary texts, but needs focus / narrowing. The key information from the prompt is included.	Good Thesis is clear. Identifies primary texts. Hints at theme or opinion about use of legend	Excellent Thesis is clear and woven into a short introduction; thesis is placed properly. All key information from the prompt is included.
Supporting Details 25 %	Inadequate Support is sketchy, vague, and repetitive. Paragraphs are unorganized and repeat obvious, superficial details of art work. Unclear reference to legend. Underdeveloped.	Poor Paper offers one detail from art work that implies at the theme of legend. Comparison and analysis are inadequate. Paragraphs fail to analyze use of legend. Support is repetitive.	Fair Parper has one to two supporting details that somewhat relate to the implied thesis. Paper attempts to analyze use of theme, but provides only a plot summary.	Good Paper provides 3 clear supporting details that reinforce the thematic use of legend by art work. Paragraphs are clearly organized. Well-developed.	Excellent Paper offers 3 clear details that show clear connection between main theme and art work. Paper demonstrates connections to an additional theme that is used by art work. Paper presents one critical perspective.
Logic / Coherence 15 %	Inadequate No coherence or connections between ideas. No examples from text. No transitions used. No topic sentences. No method of organization followed.	Poor Unclear connections between ideas. Unclear examples used for support. No transitions or method of organization used. No topic sentences.	Fair Paper tries to use examples for support, but some connections are unclear. Few transitions used. Tries to follow a method of organization.	Good Paper uses clear examples for support. Frequent transitions are used. Paper follows a clear organization. Most support paragraphs have clear topic sentences.	Excellent Paper flows very smoothly, leading progressively from one idea to the next, with ample support and explanations. Consistent, varied transitions are used. Clear topic sentences.
Use of Primary Source / Text 20 %	Inadequate Plot summary only. Does not acknowledge primary texts. No analysis or interpretation. No use of class notes.	Poor Mainly a plot summary. Sweeping generalizations and assumptions. Uses class notes but does not acknowledge. Sparingly acknowledges primary sources.	Fair Tries to avoid plot summary but sometimes veers into telling the story. Acknowledges primary texts mostly. One point of analysis present but unsupported. Some Vague, Rpt. Uses and sometimes acknowledges class notes.	Good No plot summary, but refers to text occassionally. Acknowledges references. Uses and acknowledges class notes effectively	Excellent No plot summary. Proper references to text included only when required. Acknowledges all references. Original, logical interpretation and clear analysis. Purpose is achieved with depth and clarity.
Mechanics and Grammar 20 %	Inadequate Paper has ten or more errors in capitalization, grammar, syntax, punctuation, and mechanics.	Poor Paragraph has eleven or more punctuation, capitalization, grammar, syntax, mechanics, and/or spelling errors.	Fair Paragraph has six to ten, capitalization, grammar, syntax, punctuation, mechanics, and/or spelling errors.	Good Paragraph has one to five punctuation, capitalization, grammar, syntax, mechanics, and/or spelling errors.	Excellent Paragraph has no errors in punctuation, grammar, syntax, mechanics, capitalization, and spelling.
Format 15 % MLA	Inadequate No format rules followed. No (Ref). No Works Cited page	Poor Follows a couple of formatting rules. Inadequate (Ref). Incomplete Works Cited / entries fail to correspond to (Ref).	Fair Follows most formatting rules. Some (Ref) used. a few (Ref) used in incorrect format. Most entries correspond to Works Cited page.	Good Follows all formatting rules. Acknowledges a source once or twice in (Ref). Works Cited entries correspond to (Ref).	Excellent Follows all formatting rules. Acknowledges all references and all borrowed material in proper (Ref). Works Cited entries clearly correspond to (Ref).

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