Colorado Analytic Rubric CMAS

MY Access! Literary Analysis

Content/ Organization:  (includes: Focus, Development, Organization)

• Meets all requirements of the prompt.
• Stays fully focused on topic.
• Includes relevant information. 
• Provides main ideas and specific, elaborated details that move beyond the obvious. 
• Includes an inviting introduction , logical arrangements of ideas , and satisfying conclusion.  
• Maintains a clear order with transitions between ideas.

Style/Fluency (Includes: Voice, Word Choice, and Vocabulary:  Sentence Structure (legibility)

• Is engaging
• Uses accurate, precise vocabulary that is appropriate for audience and purpose.
• Uses active and precise verbs. 
• May use figurative language , imagery, and /or striking language.
• Is fluent, easy to read .
• Uses an effective variety of sentence beginnings, structures , and length . 
• Is readable, neat, nearly error-free.

Language skills successfully support meaning; few, if any, errors in following:

      • Subject/verb and pronoun/antecedent agreement

      • Modifiers

     • Punctuation; end punctuation, commas,       

        apostrophes, quotation marks, semicolons

     • Abbreviation and paragraphing

• Develops ideas by expertly integrating specific textual and/or source-based evidence.
• Uses a variety of elaborative techniques to support the analysis.  
• Cites evidence appropriately.
• Demonstrates a cohesive and unified structure that clarifies relationships among ideas and concepts.
• Analytical structure is appropriate to the task.
• Contains an engaging introduction and an insightful conclusion.
• Uses effective and skillful paragraphing and transitional strategies throughout.
• Demonstrates a thorough and insightful understanding of the task, purpose , and audience.
• Establishes and maintains a clearly focused thesis/controlling idea and provides an in-depth critical analysis/interpretation of the literary work(s).
• Completes all parts of the task and may go beyond the limits of the task.

Language Use, Voice, and Style/Mechanics and Conventions

• Demonstrates a very effective style and tone, precise control of language , domain-specific word choice, and an exceptional awareness of audience .
• Uses well-structured and varied sentences.
• Contains few or no errors in grammar, mechanics, punctuation, and spelling.