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Discusses 3 or more events from the novel. The "character" successfully anticipates the reader's concerns, biases or arguments and provides at least 1 counterargument explaining him- or herself.
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Discusses 3 or more events from the novel, and the "character" anticipates with moderate success the reader's concerns, biases, or arguments and provides at least 1 counterargument explaining him- or herself.
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Discusses only 2 events from the novel, and/or anticipates with little success the reader's concerns, biases, and arguments.
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Discusses only 1 event from the novel and does not anticipate readers' concerns, biases, or arguments.
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All sentences are well-constructed with effective use of loose and periodic sentences.
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Most sentences are well-constructed and there is some effective use of loose and periodic sentences.
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Most sentences are well constructed, but loose and periodic sentences, when evident, are not used effectively.
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Most sentences are not well-constructed and there is little variety between loose and perioidic sentences.
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The writer believably adopts the point of view of the chosen character. The writer clearly understands the character's motivations, and uses that knowledge to defend the character's actions.
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The writer adopts the point of view of the chosen character, and seems to understand fairly well the character's motivations, using them to defend the character's actions.
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The writer poorly adopts the point of view of the chosen character, and does not seem to understand the character's motivations well enough to use them to defend the character's actions.
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The writer does not understand the character's motivations, and is thus unable to defend the character's actions.
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Author makes no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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Author makes 1-2 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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Author makes 3-4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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Author makes more than 4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
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