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Mini-Literary Analysis Rubric 
Guidelines for scoring a stand-alone literary analysis of one long, meaty paragraph.
Rubric Code: G7C89X
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 6-8

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  Emerging

1 pts

Developing

2 pts

Proficient

3 pts

Masterful

4 pts

Main Idea
20 %

Is the prompt addressed in a thesis statement?

Emerging

Thesis statement is not present or unclear.
Developing

Thesis statement is present but does not relate to the prompt or is incomplete.
Proficient

Thesis statement is present and relates to the prompt.
Masterful

The thesis statement contains a strong, original idea to answer the prompt.
Evidence
25 %

Do supporting details tie in with the text?

Emerging

The essay is missing details to support the thesis.
Developing

Some of the details support the thesis, some do not, or some of the facts are incorrect. Follow-up comments are weak or mostly missing.
Proficient

Each detail supports the thesis, and follow-up comments provides additional support.
Masterful

Each detail supports the thesis. Follow-up comments provide additional support and demonstrate superior diction.
Logical order
25 %

Does the order of the supporting details make sense?

Emerging

The supporting sentences within the paragraph as a whole are not developed in a logical order.
Developing

The writer attempts to develop the sentences in a logical order, but some of the paragraph may be presented in an order readers may find confusing.
Proficient

Most of the sentences are presented in a logical order, and readers should have little trouble following the supporting details.
Masterful

The sentences are developed in a logical order that follows the thesis statement. Readers follow with ease.
Conclusion
15 %

Does the conclusion shed new light on the thesis and tie the details together?

Emerging

There is no conclusion. The paragraph just ends without summing up. It doesn't tie the details together.
Developing

There is an attempt at a conclusion, but it doesn't tie the details together or it merely restates the thesis.
Proficient

The conclusion ties details together but adds nothing new to the thesis statement, or the conclusion doesn't flow logically from the thesis.
Masterful

The conclusions does an excellent job tying together details and emerging with a fresh, insightful conclusion that doesn't merely restate the thesis.
Conventions
15 %

Does the paper indicate that the writer has control of the rules of spelling, grammar and mechanics?

Emerging

The paragraph contains 6 or more errors in usage, spelling and mechanics. There are no MLA in-text citations or they are incorrectly done.
Developing

The paragraph contains 3 to 5 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics, and contains too few correct MLA in-text citations to support the thesis.
Proficient

The paragraph contains 1 or 2 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics, and MLA in-text citations are correct.
Masterful

The paragraph contains no more than two convention errors and MLA in-text citations are abundant and accurate.



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  • Expository Paragraph

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