Rubric for Figurative Language Poem 4 3 2 1 Focus Consistently Generally Has some Does not clearly establishes establishes difficulty establishes maintains maintains a clear maintains a clear establishes a clear purpose and purpose and point purpose and maintains a clear point of view related of view related to point of view purpose and point to the audience and the audience and related to the of view related to task task audience and the audience and task task Organization Highly effective Effective Moderately Ineffective introduction and introduction and effective introduction and chorus containing chorus introduction and chorus containing eight stanza containing five chorus containing one stanza stanza three stanza Content Advanced poetic Meaningful, Some meaning, Very limited meaning with effectively feelings and meaning, feelings, vivid imagery created imagery imagery apparent; and imagery using a variety of and feelings only one poetic apparent; no poetic poetic devices using at least 2 device used devices used throughout poetic devices Usage No errors; Almost no Some errors; Multiple errors; Accurate use of errors; Generally Somewhat Major inaccuracies mechanics, accurate use of accurate use of use of mechanics, spelling, grammar, mechanics, mechanics, spelling, grammar, and sentence spelling, spelling, grammar, and sentence structure grammar, and and sentence structure sentence structure structure Vocabulary Very high level Adequate use of Too much slang; Inadequate vocab; no vocab; vividly with some unclear meaning; figurative language descriptive choice descriptive and little description of words; good figurative and figurative figurative language language language used Style Highly effective Effective use of Moderately Ineffective use of use of precise precise language, effective use of precise language, language, word word choice, precise language, word choice, voice, choice, voice, and voice, and word choice, voice, and sentence variety sentence variety sentence variety and sentence variety
Rubric for Figurative Language Poem 4 3 2 1 Focus Consistently establishes maintains a clear purpose and point of view related to the audience and task Generally establishes maintains a clear purpose and point of view related to the audience and task Has some difficulty establishes maintains a clear purpose and point of view related to the audience and task Does not clearly establishes maintains a clear purpose and point of view related to the audience and task Organization Highly effective introduction and chorus containing eight stanza Effective introduction and chorus containing five stanza Moderately effective introduction and chorus containing three stanza Ineffective introduction and chorus containing one stanza Content Advanced poetic meaning with vivid imagery using a variety of poetic devices throughout Meaningful, effectively created imagery and feelings using at least 2 poetic devices Some meaning, feelings and imagery apparent; only one poetic device used Very limited meaning, feelings, and imagery apparent; no poetic devices used Usage No errors; Accurate use of mechanics, spelling, grammar, and sentence structure Almost no errors; Generally accurate use of mechanics, spelling, grammar, and sentence structure Some errors; Somewhat accurate use of mechanics, spelling, grammar, and sentence structure Multiple errors; Major inaccuracies use of mechanics, spelling, grammar, and sentence structure Vocabulary Very high level vocab; vividly descriptive choice of words; good figurative language used Adequate use of with some descriptive and figurative language Too much slang; unclear meaning; little description and figurative language Inadequate vocab; no figurative language Style Highly effective use of precise language, word choice, voice, and sentence variety Effective use of precise language, word choice, voice, and sentence variety Moderately effective use of precise language, word choice, voice, and sentence variety Ineffective use of precise language, word choice, voice, and sentence variety
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