Literary Essay
Rubric
Introduction &
Claim
Statement
Body
Paragraphs:
Content
(weighted)
Closing
Conventions
Meets Expectations
5
Developing
3
Basic
1
Has none of these
-Summary – short 2-3 lines
- Claim or Thesis Statement
- Evidence
One or more missing
elements
Text Reference
Summary
Claim or Thesis
Evidence
Claim:
-all paragraphs have a clear
focus from the claim using
key words.
Claim:
-some paragraphs could be
more clear about the focus
from the claim.
Claim:
- paragraphs still need to
stay focused on claim.
Commentary and verb
Commentary and verb
Commentary and verb.
Evidence:
-Examples support claims in
various ways (quoted,
summarized, paraphrased).
Evidence:
-Examples support claims,
but lack variety in
presentation .
Evidence:
-Many examples weakly
support the claim and are
not quoted or paraphrased
correctly.
Details
-Statements are positioned
around all examples to
connect the examples to the
claim.
Details
-Statements are positioned
around some examples to
connect the examples to the
claim.
Details
- Many examples are
missing statements to
connect the examples to the
claim.
-Wrote the closing in one of
these styles:
Echo/Challenge/Question
Missing one of these:
-Choose
Echo/Challenge/Question
Missing more than one:
-Choose
Echo/Challenge/Question
-Theme
- One sentence to show
theme
-Theme
- One sentence to show
theme
-Theme
- One sentence to show
theme
-Evidence of editing for
spelling, capitalization &
punctuation (especially
quotation marks and
commas)
-Attempts were made to
edit, but needs
improvement.
-Lacking conventions; no
evidence of editing.
-Uses formal
vocabulary/word choice
-Vocabulary/
word choice is casual.
-Vocabulary/
word choice needs
improvement to be clear.
-Text Reference: title and
author
Checklist Points:
Incomplete/
Missing
Text Reference
Summary
Claim or Thesis
Evidence e:
(a) In-text citations are used correctly _____/5
(c) Essay is typed with 12 point font and 1” margins _____/5
(d) Original title is centered at top of the page _____/2
Total Points: _____/32
Incomplete/
Missing
Incomplete/
Missing
Incomplete/
Missing