for this assignment you will work on developing your analytical skills for outside material on a smaller scale of what you will be doing in your essays this semester. You will select one of your favorite books, tv series, comics, or films and answer the following questions about it:
1. Who are the main characters and what are their motivations? How do they change over the course of the story?
2. What are the three most important plot points that occurred in the story, and why are they important to the story’s outcome?
3. How does the setting, time and place, impact the story?
4. What is the story’s theme or lesson it teaches us using the story elements like dialogue, plot, setting, and character?
For your answers make sure to write full sentences for each one and to number your answers.
Analysis Rubric
Analysis Rubric
| Criteria |
Ratings |
Pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCharacter
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| 2.0 pts
Full Marks
Student analyzed character motivations and how they changed over the course of the story for 2 or more characters.
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1.0 pts
Missing Development
Student described character motivation, but missing how characters changed.
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1.0 pts
Partial Character Analysis
Student only analyzed one character.
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0.0 pts
No Marks
Student didn’t answer the question.
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2.0 pts
|
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePlot Points
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| 2.0 pts
Full Marks
Student explained 3 different plot points and how they changed the course of the storyline.
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1.0 pts
Missing Plot Point
Student only discusses 2 plot point, but gives vague explanation how they impact the story.
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0.0 pts
Missing Plot
Student gives unclear description of the plot of the story or how it impacts the overall story’s outcome.
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0.0 pts
No Marks
Student didn’t answer the question.
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2.0 pts
|
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSetting
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| 2.0 pts
Full Marks
Student explained how the time and place of the story impacted in some meaningful way the story or its outcome.
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1.0 pts
Missing Time or Place
Setting is only partially addresses missing either explanation of possible time or the setting’s role in the story.
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0.0 pts
No Marks
Student doesn’t answer the question.
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0.0 pts
Setting and Time Missing
Student describes non relevant points about time and place, without explanation how they support the larger plot or characters in the story.
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2.0 pts
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTheme
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| 4.0 pts
Full Marks
Student explained what the lesson of the story was and references how the dialogue, setting, plot, or character development supports the theme. Student linked at least two items from the list above to the theme.
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3.0 pts
Partial Theme
Student describes the theme, but only links one other element from their previous answers to support it.
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2.0 pts
Missing Evidence
Student describes the topic’s theme, but doesn’t link it to any evidence from the story.
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0.0 pts
Missing Answer
Student didn’t answer the question.
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4.0 pts
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Total Points: 10.0
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