| Criteria | A (5 points) | B (4 points) | C (3 points) | D (2 points) | E (1 point) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expressing Ideas and Representations | Purposefully expresses ideas and representations, making strong connections. | Effectively expresses ideas and representations, making clear connections. | Expresses ideas and representations, making some connections. | Variably expresses ideas and representations, making limited connections. | Sporadically expresses ideas with minimal connections. |
| Sustained Voice and Language Features | Uses a sustained voice and language features to strongly evoke an emotional response. | Uses a sustained voice and language features to effectively evoke an emotional response. | Uses a sustained voice and language features to evoke an emotional response. | Uses a sustained voice and language features to variably evoke an emotional response. | Uses a sustained voice and language features sporadically. |
| Text Structures | Considered selection and experimentation with text structures to organize, develop, and link ideas and representations. | Informed selection and experimentation with text structures to organize, develop, and link ideas and representations. | Selection and experimentation with text structures to organize, develop, and link ideas and representations. | Selection of aspects of text structures to organize, develop, and link ideas. | Use of fragmented text structures to organize ideas. |
| Language Features and Literary Devices | Considered selection, variation, and experimentation with language features including literary devices. | Informed selection, variation, and experimentation with language features including literary devices. | Selection, variation, and experimentation with language features including literary devices. | Selection and variation of aspects of language features. | Isolated selection and variation of language features. |