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Poetry Essay Poetry Essay Compare/Contrast: Sound, Image, Movement Rubric Code: D56C23 By lovie209 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Compare/Contrast essay
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Introduction	Poor -Missing Hook -Missing Thesis	Fair -Missing Hook -Introduces poems and poets -has incompete thesis	Good -Has a hook -intoduces poems and poets. -has a 3 point thesis	Excellent Has a powerful hook -introduces poems and poets. -has a three point thesis that is arguable
Development of Ideas	Poor Thesis is not supported with logical evidence from the text	Fair Most of the evidence is logical and supports the thesis - it is not clear that he writer really understands the topic	Good -almost all of the evidence is logical and supports the thesis -it is clear that the writer understands the topic	Excellent The evidence is logical and supports the thesis -it is clear that the writer understands the topic and brings fresh and original ideas.
Organization	Poor Does not have a clear organizational pattern	Fair mostly follows block, similarities and differences, or point by point organization - transitions used sometimes	Good Follows block, similarities and differences, or point by point organization throughout -transitions mostly used	Excellent Chose the best organizational pattern and follows it throughout. - well chosen transistions used throughout.
Word Choice	Poor - weak verbs and general nouns - no variation in sentence structure	Fair - mostly weak verbs and general nouns - occasional well chosen word -little variation in sentence structure	Good - mostly strong verbs and specific, accurate nouns -some memorable phrases -varying sentence structure	Excellent -vivid, lively verbs -words are specific, accurate and easily understood -striking words and phrases that are memorable
Conclusion	Poor No conclusion	Fair Missing either thesis restatement or summary of essay	Good restates thesis summarizes essay	Excellent restates thesis in a way that adds to the understanding of the topic refers back to the themes of the essay summarizes and brings a feeling of closure to the essay
Grammar, usage, mechanics	Poor so many errors that meaning is lost	Fair many errors, but meaning is understandable	Good some errors, but they do not interfere with the meaning	Excellent few or no errors