Literacy Analysis Rubric
Analysis
Considers multiple
possible reasons for the
author’s attitude toward
5 reading and writing.
Identifies interesting
patterns and/or
anomalies in events and
details, and draws clear
and compelling
connections between
them. Offers surprising
insights and
demonstrates
sophisticated selfawareness. Could
possibly include
implications of such
insights.
Content
A focused, fullydeveloped, story
of events or
depiction
enhanced by
vivid, rich, wellplaced detail that
captures the
reader’s interest.
Organization
Style
Components
Word choice is
connect clearly to precise and vivid.
one another; follows Sentences are wella clear overall plan crafted and
that purposefully
consistently varied in
moves the reader
structure. The
easily through the language is energetic
text. Transitions are and its tone is
uniformly efficient engaging and
and graceful.
expressive.
Conventions
The writer
demonstrates a
strong control of
language. The
style is appropriate
as well as
engaging. There
are very few to no
errors and the
syntax is clear
throughout.
Offers a clear but singlepronged or somewhat
simplistic explanation
3 for the author’s attitude
toward reading and
writing. Identifies
patterns and makes
connections, reaching
conclusions that
demonstrate insight and
reflection.
Content is
generally focused
and adequately
developed; it is
written in a way
that makes the
significance clear.
It is enhanced by
some detail that
captures the
reader’s attention.
Overall structure is Word choice is
The writer
coherent and logical, accurate; sentences demonstrates a
moving the reader are generally varied in basic control of
through the text
structure and easy to language, free of
without confusion. understand. The
most serious
Transitions are
language conveys the errors. The style
generally present. writer’s personality may not always be
and makes the
appropriate.
narrative engaging.
Might be wordy or
occasionally misuse
passive voice or lack
parallelism.
Analysis, insights and
reflection are minimal or
absent. Just describes or
1 tells without analyzing
why certain phenomena
occurred.
The content is
unfocused,
underdeveloped
and too general;
the significance is
unclear, possibly
dominated by
generalizations
rather than
specifics.
Lacks a cohesive
Word choice is
The writer
structure, leaving imprecise or
demonstrates no
the reader confused simplistic; sentences control of
and unable to follow are difficult to
language or no
the text. Transitions understand and syntax appropriate style.
are absent.
is extremely awkward. Errors interfere
The tone is flat,
with the reader’s
inexpressive and not comprehension.
engaging.