Critical
The Building Blocks: Literary Analysis, Grammar, Rhetoric
|
Student is adept at
symbolic interpretation and rhetorical analysis, and will reread and
annotate. Student has an excellent vocabulary. Student understands syntactic and grammatical
choices as they affect meaning. |
9 |
|
|
Student can analyze passages for ethos, logos, pathos, and an array of rhetorical strategies. Students analyze purpose, audience, method, structure, diction… |
8 |
|
|
Student can spot multiple literary devices and understand their purpose and effectiveness. |
7 |
|
|
Student can annotate, apply etymological strategies, and can pick up context clues. |
6 |
|
|
Reader can read on the metaphorical level. The reader can understand tone, irony, and symbolism. |
5 |
|
|
Reader comprehends on a literal level, but can spot some basic literary components such as foreshadowing, figurative language, and can spot theme with rereading. |
4 |
|
|
Literal understanding. Reader can retell the plot, can decode average vocabulary. |
3 |
|
|
Literal understanding. Reader can retell most of the plot, but might have trouble with main ideas and inferences. Below average vocabulary. |
2 |
|
|
Student struggles with reading and needs remediation. |
1 |
|