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Literary Analysis/Embedding Quotations

Students will write a literary analysis using text evidence to support their claims. Students will follow MLA format for in text citations and write in the style and voice that is customary for academic writing. Students will be assessed on their ability to use signal phrases, in text citations, present tense voice (when applicable), and concise context.

Rubric Code: MXB7435

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Subject: English

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 9-12

Embedding Quotations Format & Style
	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Signal Phrases	Good Student introduces all quotations with a signal phrase/attributive tag. Student introduces author, speaker, character, or expert in the signal phrase as appropriate.	Fair Student introduces some, but not all, quotations using a signal phrase. In some of the signal phrases student remembers to mention the author or character.	Poor Student introduces few quotations with a signal phrases/attributive tags. Does not (or rarely) mention the author or character.
In text MLA citations	Good Student follows all MLA rules for in text citation including (when applicable) author's name, page number, and correct punctuation in the citation Student uses the correct end punctuation.	Fair Student does not consistently follow MLA format for in text citations. Commas are present when they should not be, end punctuation is not consistently correct, and/or page numbers are not added.	Poor Student has many errors related the MLA in text citation rule, student has many punctuation errors in the citations, student does not follow the MLA guidelines with success.
Present tense voice	Good Literary analysis is written in the present tense voice. Student treats the the text as the "living work" it is and the verb tense remains consistently literary present tense (when applicable).	Fair Student does not use present tense voice properly or consistently. There are some errors following the present tense rule and does not follow the "living work" rule.	Poor Student uses past tense voice, does not grasp the concept of literature as a living text, tense switching impedes the reader's ability to understand meaning.
Context for quotations	Good For each quotation used student provides a brief, yet concise, context/summary in order to orient the reader. Student's writing reflects the common courtesy that readers may not be familiar with the work and sufficiently orients reader with the text without overly summarizing.	Fair Student provides overly wordy context, some parts of the writing read like a lengthy summary rather than a concise glimpse of the events needed to understand his/her analysis.	Poor Student either does not provide context or he/she wastes the reader's time with too much summarization. Instead of just familiarizing reader with a concise background they retell much of the story.

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