Close Reading Rubric

Criteria
Argument/Forwarding
an
Interpretation/Controllin
g Idea

Use of Textual Evidence

to Support Analysis
(quotation, summary,
paraphrasing of poem)
Sophistication of
Analysis (ex. attention
to detail, clarity of
thought, precise
connection between
comparisons, discussion
of relationship between
form and content)
Organization/Logical
Progression of Ideas

Sentence Clarity

Mechanics Errors
(punctuation, grammar,
etc.)

Follows Guidelines

Comments

Creativity/Uniqueness
of Reading

NOTES/GRADE: