world Lit
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World Literature 205
Literary Analysis Essay Rubric
100 points
The essay will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
Assignment Information ( 7 points)
The author includes the following information in the upper left portion of the page:
------ The author’s name (1 point)
------ The author’s major (1 point)
------ The course and section (i.e., ENG 205-20) (2 points)
------ The Professor’s name (1 point)
------ The assignment (i.e., Thematic Analysis Essay) (1 point)
------ The submission date (1 point)
Title (3 points)
------ The title is capitalized according to MLA guidance and centered on the page (0-3 points)
Introduction (16 points)
------the author names the work and writer (2 points)
------the author presents information on the writer and his/her qualifications (2 points)
------the author provides an overview or summary of the short story/poem (2 points)
------the author states the three techniques the writer uses to develop/convey the theme and the theme
Itself (10 points)
Body (42 points)
------ First body paragraph contains a topic sentence which conveys the technique used to develop the
Theme (2 points)
------Describes first example in the poem/story where the theme was developed (1 point)
------Uses quotes from the text to prove main point (2 points)
------Explains how this quote proves the theme development (2 points)
------Includes a closing sentence that seals off the paragraph (2 points)
------cites quotes correctly in MLA style (1 point)
----- The body paragraph begins with a transition and contains transitional phrases (2 points)
-------Each body paragraph contains a minimum of 10 sentences (2 points)
------ Second body paragraph contains a topic sentence which conveys the second technique used to develop the theme (2 points)
------Describes second example in the poem/story where the theme was developed (1 point)
------Uses quotes from the text to prove main point (2 points)
------Explains how this quote proves the theme development (2 points)
------includes a closing sentence that seals off the paragraph (2 points)
------cites quotes correctly in MLA style (1 point)
----- The body paragraph begins with a transition and contains transitional phrases (2 points)
------Each body paragraph contains a minimum of 10 sentences (2 points)
------ Third body paragraph contains a topic sentence which conveys the third technique used to develop the theme (2 points)
-----Describes third example in the poem/story where the theme was developed (1 point)
------Uses quotes from the text to prove main points (2 points)
------Explains how this quote proves the theme development (2 points)
------Includes a closing sentence that seals off the paragraph (2 points)
------cites quotes correctly in MLA style (1 point)
----- The body paragraph begins with a transition and contains transitional phrases (2 points)
------Each body paragraph contains a minimum of 10 sentences (2 points)
Conclusion (6 points)
-----Contains transition (2 points)
---- Restates theme and (3) events (2 points)
----shows how the theme is relevant in our society today (2 points)
Overall Structure (21 points)
-----Does not use first person (you/me/I/we) (2 points)
----- 2 pages long (2 points)
------Technical aspects of writing (i.e. sentence fragments, run-on sentences, comma splices, fused
Sentences, agreement and spelling) (10 points)
------Tense shifts….write in all present or all past tense…be consistent. (2 points)
------Written in Times New Roman, double-spaced, 12 point font (2 points)
------Assignment info on first page only (2 points)
------Header on the right of every page (1 point)
Works Cited (5 points)
-----includes an entry for every source cited in the essay (3 points)
-----each entry contains the required information in proper MLA format (2 points)