Short+Answer+Rubric

Hello Juniors:

Below is the rubric I am using to grade any assignment that requires a short answer, like the short answer questions you responded to for __The Crucible__. Take the time to look at the rubric so you have an idea of how you will be scored in the future. Here are some examples of how the rubric is applied to your responses:
 * Below Standard (zero credit) || At Standard (partial credit) || High Standard (full credit) ||
 * Offers an answer but might only describe the element briefly. There may be analysis of effects, but it is vague and confusing. || Answer describes the elements and analyzes the effects of these elements. Might need to clarify the link between elements and effects. Overall significance may be unclear. || Answer describes the elements and analyzes the effects of these elements persuasively and moves toward a clear claim about their larger significance to the work. ||

//Question: Pick a section of "Melissa Is My Name" and analyze how unusual line breaks contribute to meaning://
 * //Below Standard Response:// The line breaks in "Melissa Is My Name" create an interesting effect. They make the reader pay attention.
 * //At Standard Response:// The line breaks in "Melissa Is My Name" effectively split the meaning so we read in two different ways. For example, when we get to the end of the line at "girl," it indicates that this was said to her, but the line actually continues to show that these were her words, not somebody else’s.
 * //High Standard Response:// The line breaks in "Melissa Is My Name" effectively split the meaning so we read it in two different ways. For example, when we get to the end of the line at "girl," it indicates that this was said to her, but the line actually continues to show that these were her words. We instead read that she was speaking about herself. Given the poem’s message of an angry, ignored, solitary identity, we can see how she is both judged as girl and she judges herself.