Grading Rubric

Grading Rubric

Literary analysis papers must fulfill terms of the individual instructor’s assignment and exhibit no evidence of plagiarism.

Exceeding Standards Meeting Standards Approaching Standards Not Meeting Standards
Mastery of literary terminology

 

 Acceptable to good use of literary terminology Inadequate use of literary terminology

 

 Little or no use of literary terminology

 
Strong thesis statement

 

 Adequate to good thesis statement Recognizable thesis with serious flaws

 

 No thesis
Strong organization, development, and textual references and explanations Adequate to good organization, development, and textual references and explanations

 

 Evidence of effort, but

poor organization, development, and /or textual references and explanations

 

 Little or no  development,

organization, and/or textual references and explanations
Strong understanding of genre’s conventions Basic to good understanding of genre’s conventions Little evidence of understanding of genre’s conventions Serious errors in and/or no understanding of genre’s conventions
Strong analytical skills demonstrated by clarity, insights, and depth of thought in literary interpretation Adequate to good analytical skills and evidence of critical thinking in literary interpretation Evidence of effort, but irrelevant and/or confused thinking, faulty logic

 

 Substantial errors in expression of thought, meaning obscured, little or no explanation

 
Diverse and well-integrated scholarly research when required Adequate to good scholarly research when required Inadequate or incorrectly applied research when required Little or no research when required
Skillful and correct use of MLA documentation and paper format Few to some errors in MLA documentation and  paper format Consistent errors in MLA documentation and paper format Consistent and substantial errors in MLA documentation and paper format
Highly correct grammar, sentence structure, and style

 

 Few to some grammatical errors, meaning clear; serviceable to good sentence structure and style Serious grammatical errors, obscuring meaning; weak sentence structure and weak sense of style Many egregious grammatical errors, obscuring meaning; poor sentence structure and little or no sense of style