These rubrics are designed to guide consultants in assessing the degree to which language usage supports the content of essays. All criteria should be taken into account in categorizing the student's command of the written language as related to each literature question. Makes appropriate references to the poetic devices and language used. The essay clearly demonstrates insight and analytic ability. May show originality.
Reader has no doubt that the student possesses a superior understanding of the material.
A well-developed essay that analyzes the treatment of internal struggle in the poem. Makes appropriate references to the poetic devices and language used. Textual analysis outweighs description and paraphrasing. The reader may have to make some inferences because the essay is not always sufficiently explicit. May contain some errors, but these do not undermine the overall quality of the essay.