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Persuasive Essay
Scoring Guide
Figurative Language
Quick Tips
100
What is used to prove all multiple choice and short answer responses
Textual evidence
100
What is structure for an introduction paragraph
Hook, Connection, Thesis
100
You show that you have a deep understanding of the text; text evidence used to support your idea is specific and well chosen; and you develop a logical explanation. Which type of writing and the score you will receive
Short Answer, Score 3
100
During the principal's introduction of the class valedictorian, she deemed the boy as the Martin Luther King, Jr. of this generation. What figurative language device did she use?
Allusion
100
What must you do every time you read a selection
Annotate
200
What is a main idea (hint: think of your hand)
Telling the who, what, when, where, why / how of a selection in 1-2 sentences.
200
What is used throughout an essay for dynamic supporting details
Cafe Squidd
200
You answer the question but provide general or no text evidence and a general explanation of your understanding of the text Which type of writing and the score you will receive
Short Answer , Score 1
200
In the "Masque of The Red Death" the seven chambers were significant to the setting of the story, but each room was symbolic for the stages of life and evils of the world. This is an example of what figurative language device?
Allegory
200
To assist with answering a PAIRED SELECTION SAR (one SAR written for 2 selections), you should...
Look at the paired selection answer choices to find the answer
300
What is an inference
Using background knowledge paired with textual evidence to draw a conclusion
300
What is the part of the persuasive essay that shows open-mindedness and where does it fall in the structure?
Counter-argument , after the 2nd body paragraph/ before the conclusion
300
Establishes a clear position, supporting details are related to the position and focused on the issue specified; the writer's ideas are controlled; transitions are meaningful; word choice is clear and specific; and uses organization strategies. What type of writing and what score will you receive?
Persuasive Essay, Score 4
300
“Bobby Holloway says my imagination is a three-hundred-ring circus. Currently I was in ring two hundred and ninety-nine, with elephants dancing and clowns cart wheeling and tigers leaping through rings of fire. The time had come to step back, leave the main tent, go buy some popcorn and a Coke, bliss out, cool down.”(Dean Koontz, Seize the Night. Bantam, 1999) What figurative language device is used in this excerpt?
Extended Metaphor
300
Explain the process that you complete after BAT in full detail?
Brainstorm both sides of the prompt - be sure to have 4 points on each side, create bubble maps for the 2 chosen main points (ABC), then write a clear thesis statement.
400
What does it mean to analyze? Hint: You do this to poetry.
The process of breaking down information.
400
What is the single most important sentence of a persuasive essay? What are the two formats for this sentence?
Thesis Statement ; POSITION because MAIN POINTS / MAIN POINTS are reasons why POSITION
400
Lacks organizational structure; does not maintain focus on the issue; supporting ideas are weak or general; word choice is basic; shows that you did not understand what was being asked of you. What type of writing and what score will you receive?
Persuasive Writing , Score 2
400
“Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies; And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn; Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft The redbreast whistles from a garden-croft, And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.” (To the Autumn by John Keats) This excerpt is an example of which two figurative language devices?
Personification and Imagery
400
Recite the quote Ms. Derouen says to all of her students
"My work is a reflection of my self worth and intelligence"
500
What is it to evaluate or critique
Judge a piece of text. To tell the good and bad
500
Name all of the elements of CAFE' SQUIDD and create 2 examples that could be used for the following thesis *** It takes hard work to be successful because it develops determination.
Comparison, Anecdote, Fact, Example, Statistics, Quotations, Details, Descriptions (Team Created Examples)
500
Writing is too general and unsupported by relevant evidence; repeats- does not explain or elaborate.
Short Answer, Score 0
500
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts,” (Shakespeare's play "As You Like It") This excerpt is an example of symbolism. Interpret its meaning.
The above lines are symbolic of the fact that men and women, in course of their life, between birth and death perform different roles. “A stage” here symbolizes the world and “players” is a symbol for human beings.
500
What must you do to ensure that you have found relevant textual support for multiple choice answers.
hashtag the text= write the question number by the text evidence used as support for an answer selection.