world Lit

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)