iRubric: Edgar Allen Poe Writing Project: Tracking Literary Elements rubric

Writer does not seem to be familiar with the elements at all. They are never able to demonstrate familiarity with them, and it is never clear which elements they are writing about.

The writer is only basically familiar with the elements of Macabre, Gothic, and/or Romantic literature and may or may not identify them in their paper. It is often unclear which element they are discussing.

The writer is familiar with the elements of Macabre, Gothic, and/or Romantic literature and identifies them in their paper. The writer is able to distinguish between them, but may at times not be clear which they are discussing in their paper.

The writer is clearly familiar with the elements of Macabre, Gothic, and/or Romantic literature and clearly identifies them in their paper. The writer is able to distinguish between them and clearly identify which element they are focusing on throughout their paper.

Introduction is not separated from the body paragraph/ is not clear.

Introduction does a weak job of introducing paper and does not mention which elements will be tracked throughout the story.

Introduction does a good job of introducing the paper and gives a general idea of what elements will be tracked throughout the story.

Introduction has a great attention-getter that draws in the reader. Writer clearly identifies elements that will be highlighted in the story.

Paper feels jumbled and disconnected and lacks flow.

Attempt has been made to link the paper together, but at times the reader feels lost.

Paper mostly makes sense, but there may be times where reader gets momentarily lost.

Maintains a sequence flows seamlessly. There is no trouble distinguishing beginning from middle from end.