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Final Project: Literary Analysis of the Novel 
Assignment: Identify and explain a key literary technique (plot development, character development, foreshadowing, symbolism, etc.) used in the novel. Explain how it is used, citing 3 or more specific examples from the novel. Explain why the technique is important to the novel and how the novel might be different if the technique had not been used.
Rubric Code: RX3X584
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Powered by iRubric Literary Analysis
  Excellent

20 pts

Good

15 pts

Fair

10 pts

Poor

5 pts

Identification

Excellent

* Correctly identifies and explains a key literary technique used in the novel.
Good

* Correctly identifies a key literary technique used in the novel, but does not fully explain.
Fair

* Correctly identifies a key literary technique used in the novel, but does not explain what this technique is.
* Correctly identifies and explains a literary technique used in the novel, but the technique is not important to the novel.
Poor

* Fails to correctly identify any literary technique used in the novel.
How It Is Used

Excellent

* Gives 3 or more examples from the text and clearly explains how these demonstrate the identified literary technique.
Good

* Gives 2 examples from the text and clearly explains how these demonstrate the identified literary technique.
Fair

* Gives only 1 example from the text and clearly explains how it demonstrates the identified literary technique.
* Gives 2 or more examples from the text but does not clearly explain how these demonstrate the identified literary technique.
Poor

* Gives no examples from the text.
* Gives only 1 example from the text but does not clearly explain how it demonstrates the identified literary technique.
Importance

Excellent

* Clearly explains why the identified literary technique is important to the novel and speculates how the novel might be different if the technique had not been used.
Good

* Clearly explains why the identified literary technique is important to the novel, but does not speculate how the novel might be different if the technique had not been used.
Fair

* Speculates how the novel might be different, but does not clearly explain why the technique was used.
Poor

* The importance of the literary technique is not explained clearly and there is no speculation about how the novel would be different without it.
Organization

Excellent

* Neat and required length
* Organization is logical
* Writing is well thought out and easy to follow
Good

* Neat, but only 75-90% of required length
*Organization is mostly logical
* Mostly thought out and fairly easy to follow.
Fair

*Neat, but only 50-75% of required length
* Poorly organized
* Sometimes difficult to understand
Poor

* Messy
* Less than 50% of the required length
* Completely disorganized or not formatted as an essay
*Difficult to understand throughout
GUMS

(Grammar, Usage, Mechanics, Syntax)

Excellent

* 0-1 Grammar error
* Well developed ideas and complex sentence structures
* No spelling errors.
Good

* 2-3 grammar, usage, mechanical issues.
* Well developed sentences.
* 1-2 Spelling errors.
* Errors do not affect readability
Fair

* 4-5 grammar, usage, mechanical issues.
* Lacking developed sentences.
* 3-4 spelling errors.
* Errors affect readability somewhat
Poor

* 6+ grammar, usage, mechanical issues.
* Incomplete or run-on sentences
* 5+ spelling errors.
* Errors interfere with readability



Keywords:
  • novel plot development character foreshadowing symbolism literary technique analysis

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