Journal 9

ENG 510 Module Nine Journal Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: Journal activities in this course are private between you and the instructor. A course journal is generally made up of many individual assignments. The journals in this course will help to prepare you for Final Project II, the creative writing tool kit. In this final project, you will select creative writing styles and techniques that you believe will be most effective in both expressing your goals as a writer and reaching the audiences you plan to target in your work. Prompt: In your journal assignment, identify two examples of figurative language from both the classic and contemporary work that you read this term. Then, evaluate its effectiveness, contribution to each work’s style, tone, and meaning, finishing by explaining how you might use it in your own writing. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

 Discuss whether the authors’ use of figurative language is effective. Why or why not?

 Examine how figurative language contributes to the overall style, tone, and meaning of the classic and the contemporary work.

 Explain plan for weaving the use of figurative language in one’s own work.

Guidelines for Submission: Submit assignment as a Word document. Your journal should be no more than 300 words and any sources should be cited in MLA format.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Authors’ Use Meets "Proficient" criteria and

provides exceptional detail in discussing whether the authors’ use of figurative language is effective

Discusses whether the authors’ use of figurative language is effective

Discusses whether the authors’ use of figurative language is effective, but discussion is unclear or lacks details

Does not discuss whether the authors’ uses of figurative language is effective

30

Figurative Language

Meets "Proficient" criteria and provides exceptional detail in examining how figurative language contributes to the overall style, tone, and meaning of the classic and the contemporary work

Examines how figurative language contributes to the overall style, tone, and meaning of the classic and the contemporary work

Examines how figurative language contributes to the overall style, tone, and meaning of the classic and the contemporary work, but examination is unclear or lacks details

Does not examine how figurative language contributes to the overall style, tone, and meaning of the classic and the contemporary work

30

Plan Meets "Proficient" criteria and provides exceptional detail in explaining plan for weaving the use of figurative language in own work

Explains plan for weaving the use of figurative language in own work

Explains plan for weaving the use of figurative language in own work, but explanation is unclear or lacks details

Does not explain plan for weaving the use of figurative language in own work

30

Articulation of

Response Journal assignment is free of errors in organization and grammar

Journal assignment is mostly free of errors of organization and grammar, which are marginal and rarely interrupt the flow

Journal assignment contains errors of organization and grammar but they are limited enough so that assignment can be understood

Journal assignment contains errors of organization and grammar that make the journal difficult to understand

10

Total 100%