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Character Analysis Essay
Character Analysis Essay
Rubric for grading a character analysis essay
Rubric Code:
CX6697W
By
Nylamcfadden
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Subject:
English
Type:
Writing
Grade Levels:
9-12
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Character Analysis Essay
Excellent
10 pts
Good
8 pts
Fair
6 pts
Poor
4 pts
Thesis Statement
Excellent
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.
Good
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.
Fair
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.
Poor
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.
Evidence
Excellent
Students includes at least three strong pieces of evidence from the text, including direct quotes, to support the assertion.
Good
Student uses three pieces of evidence from the text to support the assertion. Evidence could be a little stronger.
Fair
Student only uses two pieces of evidence from the text to support the assertion. May only include one or two direct quotes, and these may be somewhat unrelated to the assertion.
Poor
Student only includes one piece of evidence to support the assertion. No direct quotes from the text. Evidence does not clearly support the assertion.
Conclusion
Excellent
Student restates his/her assertion in the conclusion. Provides strong summary of the key points of the essay. Ends with statement about character.
Good
Student restates his/her assertion in the conclusion. Provides vague summary of the key points of the essay. Ends with statement about the character.
Fair
Student partially restates assertion in the conclusion. Provides very brief summary of the key points of the essay. Makes an attempt at ending the essay with a statement about the character.
Poor
Student did not restate the assertion in the conclusion. Little summary of the key points of the essay. Does not endd with statement about the character analyzed.
Organization
Excellent
Student included an introduction (containing strong attention-getting material, the title and author, and the thesis statement), a body paragraph for each quality analyzed, and a conclusion. Student cites source of all direct quotations by creating in-text citations using MLA formatting guidelines .
Good
Student included an introduction (containing attention-getting material, the title and author, 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 using ML A formatting guidelines, but may have one formatting error.
Fair
Student is missing pertinent information (introduction, body, conclusion). Errors in organization may make it difficult to read essay. An attempt to use in-text citations for direct quotations has been made, but the citations do not follow MLA format.
Poor
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.
Grammar and Conventions
Excellent
There are no grammatical or mechanical errors in the essay.
Good
There are 1 or 2 errors in the essay, but not enough to be distracting to the reader.
Fair
There are 3 - 4 errors in the essay which are a slight distraction to the writer.
Poor
There are more than 5 errors in the essay which cause the reader to be distracted.
Keywords:
character analysis, English
Subjects:
English
Types:
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