| Criteria | 4 Points | 3 Points | 2 Points | 1 Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Understanding of Character Traits | Thoroughly identifies and explains multiple character traits with strong evidence from the text. | Identifies and explains several character traits with adequate evidence from the text. | Identifies and explains a few character traits with limited evidence from the text. | Identifies character traits with little to no explanation or evidence from the text. |
| Analysis of Character Perspective | Insightfully analyzes the character’s perspective and its impact on the story, using clear examples. | Analyzes the character’s perspective and its impact on the story with some examples. | Provides a basic analysis of the character’s perspective with few examples. | Offers little to no analysis of the character’s perspective or its impact on the story. |
| Use of Literary Devices | Effectively identifies and explains the author’s use of literary devices to develop the theme. | Identifies and explains some literary devices used by the author to develop the theme. | Identifies a few literary devices with limited explanation of their role in developing the theme. | Fails to identify or explain the use of literary devices in developing the theme. |
| Theme Analysis | Thoroughly analyzes how the theme of friendship or loneliness is established, with strong textual support. | Analyzes how the theme of friendship or loneliness is established, with adequate textual support. | Provides a basic analysis of the theme with limited textual support. | Offers little to no analysis of the theme with minimal or no textual support. |
| Grammar and Mechanics | Demonstrates excellent command of grammar, punctuation, and spelling with no errors. | Demonstrates good command of grammar, punctuation, and spelling with few errors. | Demonstrates basic command of grammar, punctuation, and spelling with several errors. | Demonstrates poor command of grammar, punctuation, and spelling with numerous errors. |