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Excellent: 4 |
Good: 3 |
Satisfactory: 2 |
Inadequate: 1 |
| Literary knowledge and application |
Explains poetic devices in concise, sophisticated language that demonstrates full understanding.
Exhausts examples from the poem and explains eloquently their use as poetic devices. |
Explains poetic devices in own words, appropriate for the audience, that demonstrate understanding.
Recognizes numerous examples and explains fully their use as poetic devices. |
States definitions of poetic devices that demonstrate partial understanding.
Recognizes a few examples and tells how they are used as poetic devices. |
Names poetic devices used in the poem and attempts an explanation of them.
Gives examples that fail to illustrate the poetic devices or overlooks examples from the poem |
| Interpretation and critical thinking |
States with conviction, clear idea of poem's intent.
Uses specific passages and information to fully and convincingly support ideas of poem's intent. |
Explains, in clear language, ideas of poem's intent.
Uses numerous passages and information to support ideas of poem's intent. |
Gives an idea of poem's intent which is vague in concept and expression.
Uses one or two passages to support somewhat the idea of poem's intent. |
Lacks an idea of the poem's intent.
Does not make connections between passages from the poem and the poem's intent. |
| Presentation and communication |
Incorporates a creative visual or auditory component which is appropriate to the poem and carries the presentation to a level of unexpected significance.
Uses voice quality as well as eye contact and body to captivate audience. |
Incorporates a creative visual or auditory component which enhances the poem and the presentation.
Uses voice quality and variation, as well as eyes and body, to hold the attention of audience. |
Includes a visual or auditory component which is somewhat related to the poem.
Frequently varies voice, uses satisfactory voice quality, and makes occasional eye contact with audience. |
Presents the poem without a visual or auditory component.
Reads presentation in a monotone of voice and body expressions. |