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insightful interpretation of interpretation of or incomplete
interpretation of essay task with essay task with interpretation of
essay task with good claim and simple claim and essay task with no
strong claim and clear analysis of implied analysis of claim and minimal
insightful analysis of text(s). text(s). or no analysis of
text(s). text(s).

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Development
clearly and fully with clearly and more fully than development
a wide range of consistently with a others and may rely
specific and relevant wide range of primarily on plot
text-based support specific and relevant summary
(TBS) text-based support
(TBS)
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Organization
logical and coherent logical and coherent focus, logical and or no focus, minimal
structure, structure, coherent structure, or no logical or
appropriate appropriate appropriate coherent structure,
transitions, and transitions and transitions and and no appropriate
follows beginning, follows beginning, follows beginning, transitions within
middle, and end middle, and end middle, and end essay format
essay format essay format essay format
 Language is sophisticated, is somewhat is interesting and is simple,
interesting, and sophisticated, attempts to engage uninteresting, and
engages the reader. interesting, and the reader. does not engage
engages the reader. the reader.

Essay demonstrates Essay demonstrates Essay demonstrates Essay demonstrates

Conventions
control of the partial or emerging minimal control of no control of the
conventions with control of the the conventions and conventions and
essentially no conventions with contains errors. contains many
errors, even with essentially no errors.
sophisticated errors, even with
language. sophisticated
language.