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 How well have you understood the thoughts and feeling expressed in the passage? || **Little understanding of the passage: **Little understanding of the thought and feeling expressed in the passage. Mainly irrelevant and/or inappropriate references to the passage. || **Some understanding of the passage: **Superficial understanding of the thought and feeling expressed in the passage. Some relevant references to the passage. || **Adequate understanding of the passage: **Adequate understanding of the thought and feeling expressed in the passage. Relevant references to the passage. || **Good understanding of the passage: **Good understanding of the thought and feeling expressed in the passage. Detailed and appropriate references to the passage. || **Excellent understanding of the passage: **Perceptive understanding of the thought and feeling expressed in the passage as well as some of the subtleties of the text. Detailed and well-chosen references to the passage. ||  How relevant are your ideas about the text? How well have you explored those ideas? How well have you illustrated claims? To what extent have you expressed a relevant personal response? || **Little interpretation of the ** **passage:** Ideas are mainly insignificant and/or irrelevant **or** the commentary consists mainly of narration and/or repetition of content. || **Some interpretation of the ****passage: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ideas are sometimes irrelevant. The commentary consists mainly of unsubstantiated generalizations **or** the commentary is mainly a paraphrase of the passage. || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Adequate interpretation of the ****<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">passage: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ideas are generally relevant. The analysis is adequate and generally illustrated by some relevant examples. || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Good interpretation of the ****<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">passage: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ideas are relevant. The analysis is generally detailed and illustrated by relevant examples. || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Excellent interpretation of the ****<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">passage **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> :Ideas are clearly relevant and include an appropriate personal response. The analysis is detailed and well illustrated by good examples. ||
 * Written Commentary on Passage or Poem **
 * **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Understanding the text **
 * **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Interpretation of the text **
 * **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Appreciation of Literary Features **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">To what extent are you aware of the presence of literary features in the passage, such as diction, imagery, tone, structure, style and technique? To what extent do you appreciate the effects of the literary features? How well have you supported claims about the effects of literary features? || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Little awareness of the literary features of the passage: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Little mention or consideration of the literary features of the text.  || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Some awareness or appreciation of some of the literary features of the passage: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Some mention or consideration of the literary features of the text.  || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Adequate appreciation of some of the literary features of the passage: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">General appreciation of some of the literary features of the text. Some analysis illustrated by some relevant examples.  || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Good appreciation of some of the literary features of the passage: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Appreciation of the effects of some of the literary features of the text. The analysis is adequate and generally illustrated by relevant examples.  || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Excellent appreciation of some of the literary features of the passage: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Clear appreciation of the effects of some of the literary features of the text. The analysis is generally detailed and illustrated by carefully chosen examples.  ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Presentation **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How well have you organized the commentary? How effectively have your ideas been presented? To what extent are supporting examples integrated into the body of the commentary? || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Little sense of a focused and developed argument: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Little evidence of a structure to the commentary. Little attempt to present ideas in an ordered or logical sequence.  || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Some sense of a focused and developed argument: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Some evidence of a structure to the commentary. Some attempt to present ideas in an ordered and logical sequence.  || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">A generally focused and developed argument: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Adequate structure to the commentary. Ideas are generally presented in an ordered or logical sequence. Supporting examples are sometimes appropriately integrated into the body of the commentary.  || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">A clearly focused and well-developed argument: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Clear and logical structure to the commentary. Supporting examples are appropriately integrated into the body of the commentary.  || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">A clearly focused, well-developed and persuasive argument: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Purposeful and effective structure to the commentary. Supporting examples are well integrated into the body of the commentary.  ||
 * **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Formal Use of Language **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How accurate, clear and precise is your language? How appropriate is your choice of register and style, for this task? (Register refers, in this context, to your sensitivity to elements such as the vocabulary, tone, sentence structure and idiom appropriate to the task.) || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The language is rarely clear or coherent: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The use of language is not readily comprehensible. Many lapses in grammar, spelling and sentence construction. Vocabulary is rarely accurate or appropriate.  || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The language is only sometimes clear and coherent: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Some degree of clarity and coherence in the use of language. Some degree of accuracy in grammar, spelling and sentence construction. Vocabulary is sometimes appropriate to the discussion of literature.  || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The language is generally clear and coherent: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Adequately clear and coherent use of language. Only a few significant lapses in grammar, spelling and sentence construction. Some care shown in the choice of vocabulary, idiom and style. The register is generally appropriate for literary analysis.  || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The language is clear, varied and precise: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Clear, varied and precise use of language. No significant lapses in grammar, spelling and sentence construction. Effective and appropriately varied use of vocabulary, idiom and style. Suitable choice of register.  || **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The language is clear, varied, precise and concise: **<span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Clear, varied, precise and concise use of language. No significant lapses in grammar, spelling and sentence construction. Precise use of wide vocabulary and varied idiom and style. Effective choice of register.  ||