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VoiceThread- Literary Analysis of the Novel VoiceThread- 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: LXWAA83 By MrsTenney Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: ePortfolio Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Literary Analysis
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 15 pts	Fair 10 pts	Poor 5 pts	Non-Existent 0 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 n/a	Non-Existent * 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 only 1 example from the text but does not clearly explain how it demonstrates the identified literary technique.	Non-Existent * Gives no examples from the text.
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.	Non-Existent No attempt at explaining the importance of this literary technique is given, nor is a speculation about how the novel would be different.
VoiceThread Component The a/v portion of this assignment
	Excellent 10 pts	Nice 8 pts	Fair 6 pts	Poor 3 pts	Non-existent 0 pts
Comprehensibility Viewer should see and hear the connection.	Excellent Very creative picture(s) to go with the words spoken that enhance their meaning.	Nice Picture and words go together but they don't exactly enhance the meaning of the spoken words.	Fair It is a stretch to make the picture enhance the word meaning.	Poor Picture(s) do not enhance the spoken words.	Non-existent No picture
Fluency Presenter should speak clearly and pleasantly loud.	Excellent Speaks spontaneously with few errors and shows awareness in monitoring speech.	Nice Speaks evenly with a few pauses.	Fair Speaks hesitantly.	Poor Speech is halting.	Non-existent Cannot understand speech.
Peer Response 1	Excellent Your response to a peer's discussion shows your understanding of the literary technique chosen. It is organized, thoughtful, kind, courteous, and respectful especially when you are expressing an opposing opinion.	Nice Your response to a peer's discussion shows some understanding of the literary technique chosen, but it needs help- OR It needs help in being organized, thoughtful, kind, courteous, and respectful especially when you are expressing an opposing opinion.	Fair n/a	Poor Your response is hard to follow or is not well organized.	Non-existent Does not respond to a peer or your response was not kind, courteous, or was disrespectful.
Peer Response 2	Excellent Your response to a peer's discussion shows your understanding of the literary technique chosen. It is organized, thoughtful, kind, courteous, and respectful especially when you are expressing an opposing opinion.	Nice Your response to a peer's discussion shows some understanding of the literary technique chosen, but it needs help- OR It needs a little help in being organized and thoughtful.	Fair n/a	Poor Your response is hard to follow or is not well organized.	Non-existent Does not respond to a peer or your response was not kind, courteous, or was disrespectful.

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