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Mini-Literary Analysis Rubric 
Mini-Literary Analysis Rubric
Guidelines for scoring a stand-alone literary analysis of one long, meaty paragraph.
Rubric Code: H934WC
By coxalice
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 6-8

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  Emerging

0 pts

Developing

60 pts

Proficient

80 pts

Masterful

100 pts

Ideas: Main Idea
10 %

Is the prompt addressed in a good topic sentence?
Emerging

Topic sentence is not present or unclear.
Developing

Topic sentence is present but does not relate to the prompt or is incomplete.
Proficient

Topic sentence is present and relates to the prompt.
Masterful

Topic sentence contains a strong, original idea to answer the prompt.
Ideas: Evidence
25 %

Do supporting details tie in with the text?
Emerging

The essay is missing details to support the topic sentence.
No quotes are provided.
Developing

Some of the details support the topic sentence, some do not, or some of the facts are incorrect. Follow-up comments are weak or missing.Paragraph contains the required number of quotes and partial quotes as well as paraphrased material, but they don't really support; they may repeat the information or have nothing to do with the topic.
Proficient

Each detail supports the topic sentence, and follow-up comments provide additional support. Paragraph contains the required number of quotes and partial quotes as well as paraphrased material, but they aren't the most compelling pieces of evidence.
Masterful

Each detail supports the topic sentence. Follow-up comments provide additional support and demonstrate superior diction.
Paragraph contains the required number of quotes and partial quotes as well as paraphrased material. These are appropriate and well-integrated.
Organization
15 %

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.
No transitions are included.
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.
Transitions are not the most appropriate.
Proficient

Most of the sentences are presented in a logical order, and readers should have little trouble following the supporting details.
The transitions are appropriate, but they draw attention to themselves.
Masterful

The sentences are developed in a logical order that follows the topic sentence. Readers follow with ease.
Transitions are appropriate and integrated smoothly, without notice, into the paragraph.
Organization
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?
Does the paragraph:
use ellipses?
correctly punctuate quotations?
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.

No quotes.
No ellipses.
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.

Use of ellipsis is partially correct.
Quotations are correctly punctuated some of the time.
Masterful

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

Use of ellipsis is correct.
Quotations are correctly punctuated.
Sentence Fluency
20 %

the rhythm and flow of the language
Emerging

Sentences are all about the same in length and structure.
The writer makes no attempt to vary the sentences.
Developing

Sentences begin to vary in length and structure.
The writer makes an attempt to vary the sentences, but the sentences contain errors or force an award reading.
Proficient

Sentences are sound with some variations in length and structure.
Masterful

An easy-to-read style with a variety of phrases, clauses, and sentence structures.



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  • Expository Paragraph

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