Module Five Assignment Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
The ability to communicate a message through writing is essential in any career. Effective writing shapes and informs the opinions of its readers. The writing process can be intimidating; however, the more you work with it, the more comfortable the process becomes.
Prompt
For this project, you will build upon the outline of the essay you have developed while incorporating your instructor’s feedback. Use the prompt questions below to help you develop your draft. You will pull out quotes and paraphrases from your selected reading and write summaries that you will use to support your analysis.
When you are done responding to the prompts below, you will have the first draft of your critical analysis essay. In the following module, you will complete a revision activity to further improve this draft.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
- Introduction
The introduction of your essay is where readers will learn what your essay is about. Do not give all your information away here. Instead, give readers a sample of what is to come and what you will be supporting with evidence in the body of the essay. Do not forget to review your outline to make sure you briefly cover all of the key points you identified. If your claim and key points have changed since then, it is okay! For your new ideas, seek feedback from your instructor or writing resources available through SNHU.- Provide an overview of the work you have analyzed, briefly describing the main points and your reaction to the author’s claim.
- Compose a thesis that you will support with evidence throughout the essay. This statement will give direction to your essay and should be well thought out.
- Body
The body is your opportunity to support your evaluation of the author’s argument. Ensure that your thoughts and evidence are clear and easy to read and understand.- Be sure to write organized paragraphs that clearly state their main idea and move logically from one to the other.
- Your body paragraphs should support your thesis by combining thoughts and ideas with evidence or key points from the selected reading. There is no such thing as a right or wrong evaluation; the key is how well your analysis is supported and the quality of the evidence used.
- Conclusion
Think of the conclusion paragraph as a review of your analysis. Use this section to restate your evaluation and remind readers of your supporting evidence. Think of this paragraph as your last chance to prove your point.- Briefly summarize the main points that helped form your analysis. This section should consist of a brief review of your main ideas.
- Draw conclusions based on your evidence.
- Use evidence that you have found to wrap up the essay in a meaningful way that relates to your audience.
What to Submit
Your analysis essay must be 3–4 pages (plus references) and must be written in MLA or APA format. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.
Module Five Assignment Rubric
| Criteria | Proficient (100%) | Needs Improvement (75%) | Not Evident (0%) | Value |
| Introduction: Overview | Provides an overview of the work being analyzed | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include greater clarity in providing an overview of the work being analyzed | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Introduction: Thesis | Composes a thesis that covers the analysis that will be developed throughout the essay | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include greater clarity and relevance in the thesis statement | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Body: Main Idea | Writes multiple paragraphs that are focused, clearly state their intent, and build the analysis | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include building accurately on the analysis for the writing of the paragraphs | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Body: Support Thesis | Body paragraphs support the thesis by combining thoughts and ideas with evidence | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include combining thoughts and ideas with evidence | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Conclusion: Summarize | Summarizes the main ideas that helped form analysis | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include greater alignment of the key supporting points to the evaluation | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Conclusion: Evidence | Draws conclusions based on evidence to close the essay in a meaningful way that relates to the audience | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include concisely connecting findings to the audience | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Articulation of Response | Clearly conveys meaning with grammatical choices, sentence structure, and spelling that demonstrate an understanding of audience and purpose | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with inconsistencies in grammatical conventions, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability | The submission has critical inconsistencies in grammatical conventions, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas | 10 |
| Total: | 100% | |||
