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Title was clever, and attention getting. Anticipated the content of the paper. It should contain a figure of style.
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Title anticipates content of the paper. Contains a figure of style.
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Does not really anticipate the content of the essay.
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Does not relate to the essay
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No title.
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Is very clear in the beginning of the essay what the thesis is.
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Thesis is formulated in the beginning of the essay. It is not as clear as it could be.
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The statement is a bit confused.
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Does not relate to the prompt of the essay
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There is no thesis.
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Essay begins with a catchy attention getter.
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Essay begins with an attention getter
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No attention getter
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Essay begins with a meaningful introduction. Anticipating the content of the essay, its main focus, a clear thesis statement, and attention getter.
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Essay begins anticipating the content of the essay, main focus, thesis statement is there.
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Essay begins anticipating the content of the essay, main focus, thesis is not clearly defined.
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Essay begins with some relevance to what the essay is about.
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Essay begins with a very poor or vague introduction
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Tower of Babel and Icarus are clearly defined and significance is explained.
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Both are defined, but significance is not explained.
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Only defined one of the two
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Definition is wrong
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No definition at all.
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All assumptions are backed by evidence from the artist's life and times.
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Most assumptions are backed up by evidence.
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Most assumptions are backed up by evidence that is not relevant
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No evidence
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All paragraphs have good transitions
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Most paragraphs have good transitions
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Some paragraphs have good transitions
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Some paragraphs use poor transitions.
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No attempt to make transitions
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No grammar or spelling mistakes
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Little grammar mistakes
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Some grammar mistakes, but not too much.
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Many grammar mistakes.
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Paper becomes hard to read because of so many mistakes.
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Relates back to the introduction and rounds off the essay nicely
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Builds a nice frame around the essay
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There is a closing paragraph but it sounds more like a summary
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No closing paragraph
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No closing paragraph, the essay ends abruptly
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Essay contains enough background knowledge to support all assumptions and explain points
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Essay contains some background knowledge
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Essay contains little background knowledge and hardly supports main assumptions.
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Background knowledge is wrong.
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Does not attempt to explain artist's background.
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Fully analyzes all elements of the painting, and explains in a coherent manner.
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analyzes most elements in the painting, maybe missed something.
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Misses most things in the painting
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Analyzes the wrong elements in the painting or completely misses the point.
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No attempt at analysis.
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Follows all margin and length requirements
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Follows length requirements
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Not long enough, margins are incorrect
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Too short to cover all topics
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Too short to be coherent
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