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title is very clever and attention grabbing. Clearly anticipates the conent of the essay and contains a figure of style.
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Title anticipates the content of the essay.
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Relates in someway to the paper, but does not anticipate the content.
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Has a title but does not relate to the essay.
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There is no title.
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The thesis is clearly formulated in the first paragraph.
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Thesis statement is present in first.
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Appears to be a somewhat of a thesis statement but lacks direction.
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Can barely pick out a thesis statement or it is located in the wrong part of the essay.
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There is no thesis statement.
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Very strong introduction. Clues you in to what the paper is about and what you will read about throughout the whole essay. contains a clear thesis statement.
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Clear introduction paragraph that introduces what the essay will cover.
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Introduction paragraph is present. Lacks direction does not clearly anticipate the content of the paper.
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Introduction can hardly be distinguished from the other paragraphs in the essay.
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There is no introduction paragraph.
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Paper clearly defines and explains both definitions asked for in detail and relates them to the content of the paper.
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Both definitions are present in the paper.
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Only one topic is defined in the paper.
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Definitions are very vague or wrong.
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There are no definitions.
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All of the assumptions are backed up with clear and concise evidence. They have support from the painting itself and the background of the artist.
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Have clear support and evidence. Most of the assumptions are backed up.
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Few of the assumptions are backed up, use little evidence or support from painting or artist.
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Assumptions are not backed up but they bring a little bit of evidence from the background material.
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There is no evidence or support.
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Every paragraph flows together with very smooth transitions.
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Almost all paragraphs flow with smooth transitions.
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Some paragraphs flow together with transitions.
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Very few paragraphs flow together, transitions are shaky.
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There are no transitions.
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There are no or only very miner grammatical errors.
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there are only minor grammatical errors.
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there are several grammatical errors in the essay.
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There are a lot of grammatical errors in the essay.
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The essay is difficult to read because it is full of grammatical errors.
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It is clear the author read the background information and the presented it very clearly in the essay and linked it to their thesis.
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The author clearly read the background information and it is present in the essay but does not really link to their thesis.
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There is very little background knowledge presented in the paper.
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The background knowledge is wrong.
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there is no background knowledge.
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The essay contains well formulated and non-evaluative analysis of the quotes and follows the prompt.
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The essay contains non-evaluative analysis of the quotes and follows the prompt.
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The essay contains a couple non-evaluative analysis.
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There are very few non-evauative analysis.
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There is no non-evauative analysis.
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There is a very well written clear closing paragraph that sums up the entire essay and links back to the thesis statement.
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There is a clear closing paragraph that sums up the essay and links back to the thesis statement.
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There is a clear closing paragraph.
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It is hard to tell the closing paragraph from the rest of the essay.
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There is no closing paragraph.
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All of the format requirements are met.
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Almost every format requirement is met.
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A few format requirements are met.
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Very little format requirements are met.
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None of the format requirements are met.
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