inaction was a result or cowardice or calculated thinking from a noble resigned to accept his fate? Argue your point of view with direct and/or indirect quotes from the play as well as scholarly articles. HAMLET ESSAY EXAM RUBRIC *Each question is worth fifty points! Your first essay will be graded in one color ink, and the second essay in a different color ink but scored on the same rubric sheet. 5 4 3 2 GRAMMAR/ Perfect 1-2 errors 3-4 errors 4+ errors PUNCTUATION -correct spelling and grammar STYLE Essay exquisitely Essay mostly uses a Essay struggles to Essay is incoherent -sentence variety, uses a variety of variety of sentence use a variety of and not written in transitions, active sentence structures, structures, sentence structures, academic register voice transitions, and transitions, and transitions, and active voice active voice active voice ACADEMIC Five examples of Five examples of Diction choices are Diction examples REGISTER diction are diction are highlighted; author are not highlighted highlighted, strong highlighted, mostly could use stronger, word choices, strong word more specific words professional in tone choices, professional in tone MLA FORMAT 1 error 2 errors 3 errors 5+ errors Slug, title, last name at top with page #, etc. EBSO SOURCE Quote is properly Quote is almost Quote is there and Quote is missing. QUOTE cited and embedded and cited but not embedded within a cited properly embedded. sentence. within a sentence. EBSCO QUOTE Author expertly Author mostly Author tries to Explanation is EXPLAINED explains quote and explains quote and explain quote, but it missing Quote is explained ties back to ties back to doesn’t quite without “this quote question. question. connect back to means”. question. HAMLET QUOTE Quote is properly Quote is almost Quote is there and Quote is missing. cited and embedded and cited but not embedded within a cited properly embedded. sentence. within a sentence. HAMLET QUOTE Author expertly Author mostly Author tries to Explanation is EXPLAINED explains quote and explains quote and explain quote, but it missing Quote is explained ties back to ties back to doesn’t quite without “this quote question. question. connect back to means”. question. WORKS CITED Both quotes are 1-2 errors 3-4 errors 5+ errors correctly cited in a Works Cited at the end of the question LENGTH 500+ words 400 words 350 words Less than 350 Really go in depth! words
inaction was a result or cowardice or calculated thinking from a noble resigned to accept his fate? Argue your point of view with direct and/or indirect quotes from the play as well as scholarly articles. HAMLET ESSAY EXAM RUBRIC *Each question is worth fifty points! Your first essay will be graded in one color ink, and the second essay in a different color ink but scored on the same rubric sheet. 5 4 3 2 GRAMMAR/ PUNCTUATION -correct spelling and grammar Perfect 1-2 errors 3-4 errors 4+ errors STYLE -sentence variety, transitions, active voice Essay exquisitely uses a variety of sentence structures, transitions, and active voice Essay mostly uses a variety of sentence structures, transitions, and active voice Essay struggles to use a variety of sentence structures, transitions, and active voice Essay is incoherent and not written in academic register ACADEMIC REGISTER Five examples of diction are highlighted, strong word choices, professional in tone Five examples of diction are highlighted, mostly strong word choices, professional in tone Diction choices are highlighted; author could use stronger, more specific words Diction examples are not highlighted MLA FORMAT Slug, title, last name at top with page #, etc. 1 error 2 errors 3 errors 5+ errors EBSO SOURCE QUOTE Quote is properly cited and embedded within a sentence. Quote is almost embedded and cited properly within a sentence. Quote is there and cited but not embedded. Quote is missing. EBSCO QUOTE EXPLAINED Quote is explained without “this quote means”. Author expertly explains quote and ties back to question. Author mostly explains quote and ties back to question. Author tries to explain quote, but it doesn’t quite connect back to question. Explanation is missing HAMLET QUOTE Quote is properly cited and embedded within a sentence. Quote is almost embedded and cited properly within a sentence. Quote is there and cited but not embedded. Quote is missing. HAMLET QUOTE EXPLAINED Quote is explained without “this quote means”. Author expertly explains quote and ties back to question. Author mostly explains quote and ties back to question. Author tries to explain quote, but it doesn’t quite connect back to question. Explanation is missing WORKS CITED Both quotes are correctly cited in a Works Cited at the end of the question 1-2 errors 3-4 errors 5+ errors LENGTH 500+ words Really go in depth! 400 words 350 words Less than 350 words
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