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Literary Elements
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Student really does
not understand literary elements such as plot, setting,
character, moral, theme, mood, and narrator. They cannot
offer examples of each.
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Student understands
some of the literary elements such as plot, setting,
character, moral, theme, mood, and narrator. They can
provide a few clear examples of each.
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Student understands
most literary elements such as plot, setting, character,
moral, theme, mood, and narrator. They can provide clear
examples of each.
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Student completely
understands literary elements such as plot, setting,
character, moral, theme, mood, and narrator. They can
provide several clear examples of each.
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Organization
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Student did not organize
essay in 5 paragraph intro-body-conclusion format format.
Each paragraph does not do what it should do
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Student partially organized
essay in 5 paragraph intro-body-conclusion format format.
Some paragraphs serve their function and others do not
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Student organized essay
in 5 paragraph intro-body-conclusion format format.
Each paragraph not does what it should do and is clear
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Student organized essay
well in 5 paragraph, intro-body-conclusion, format.
Each paragraph not only does what it should do but also
leads into the next and is interesting
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Details and Quotes
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Student provides very
few or no quotes from the short stories to support the
similarities and differences explained.
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Student provides some
or a few relevant quotes and details from the short
stories to support the similarities and differences.
At least 1-2 quotes explained.
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Student provides enough
relevant quotes and details from the short stories to
support the similarities and differences explained.
At least 4-5 quotes
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Student provides many
relevant quotes and details from the short stories to
support the similarities and differences explained.
At least 6 quotes
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Clarity
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Essay is unclear and
interesting with simple sentences and vague ideas that
don't flow well or engage the reader.
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Essay is partially
clear and interesting with ideas that flow in some parts
and sometimes well and engage the reader.
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Essay is mostly clear
with complex sentence and ideas that flow and sometimes
engage the reader.
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Essay is clear and
interesting with complex sentence and ideas that flow
well and engage the reader.
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Editing/Presentation
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Essay is very sloppy
and is almost impossible to follow because of the mistakes
and messiness.
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Essay has many mistakes.
It is a little sloppy but can be followed.
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Essay may have a few
mistakes. It is typed and is neat.
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Essay is edited and
mistake free. It is typed and neatly done with a cover.
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