Pride and Prejudice Essay Follow the assignment instructions and review the rubric: After you read Pride and Prejudice, complete the following activity: Write a multi-paragraph literary analysis essay on Pride and Prejudice. Consider the title of the novel, Pride and Prejudice. Which characters can be seen as representations of “pride” and which can be seen as “prejudice?” What is Austen’s purpose in creating such characters? Please remember the following: Select one character that you think represents pride and one that represents prejudice. Address how these characters contribute to the author’s purpose. (Do they support the theme or message the author is trying to tell us through this novel? Do they create conflict? etc.). Write a thesis statement that concisely describes your thoughts and positions relating to the prompt. Then, thoroughly answer the prompt in your essay. Support your positions with evidence from the text. Your essay must include at least 3 direct quotes from the text (always with a page number citation). A single quote should not exceed three lines of text. The essay must have a clear beginning (introduction), middle (body), and end (conclusion). The essay must have a title- not “Pride and Prejudice Essay.” Be creative! Submitting your work: Click on the “Add Submission” button to get started. Your work will be saved as a draft until you are ready to complete the submission process. You can use the online text box on the submission page for this assignment. Click on the first icon in the online text boxes’ menu bar to access the formatting tools. PDF is the required file format for documents you want to upload (choose ‘save as’ from the file menu and change the file format to PDF). For more information about submitting assignments read the document at the beginning of the course – ‘submitting your assignments’. Important: Allow 2-3 school days for an assignment to be graded. Assignment Resources: Unit 4 Literary Analysis Essay Rubric.pdf Unit 4 Literary Analysis Essay Rubric.pdf 28 January 2021, 2:08 PM Submission status Attempt number This is attempt 1 ( 3 attempts allowed ). Submission status No attempt Grading status Not graded Grading criteria Introduction Occasionally Exceeds the Standards: Conveys the topic and clearly addresses all elements of the prompt. Clearly delineates subtopics to be reviewed. Specific thesis statement. Meets Standards: Conveys the topic, and addresses the prompt. Describes subtopics to be reviewed. General thesis statement. Below Standards: Does not adequately convey topic, the prompt is not clearly addressed. Does not describe subtopics to be reviewed. Lacks adequate thesis statement. Maximum score20 Meaning & Development Occasionally Exceeds the Standards: Offers insightful interpretations of the text with analysis that goes well beyond a literal level. Develops ideas clearly, elaborates on specific textual evidence, and reveals an insightful understanding of characterization and connection to the author’s purpose. Meets Standards: Conveys an accurate although somewhat basic understanding of the text and offers partially explained and/or somewhat literal interpretations. Develops some ideas more fully than others, using relevant textual evidence and reveals some understanding of characterization and connection to the author’s purpose. Below Standards: Convey a confused or largely inaccurate understanding of the text and offers unclear interpretations. Contains textual evidence that is vague, irrelevant, repetitive, and/or unjustified and reveals a confused understanding of characterization and connection to the author’s purpose. Maximum score20 Support Occasionally Exceeds the Standards: At least 3 quotes included that are well selected to support claims. Supporting information is mostly paraphrased with quotes used to emphasize key evidence. Meets Standards: At least 3 quotes selected that are relevant to supporting the claims. Balance of paraphrasing and quoted material. Below Standards: Fewer than 3 quotes included, or quotes selected do not support the claims. Overuse of quotes with not enough writing in the author’s own words. Maximum score20 Conclusion Occasionally Exceeds the Standards: A strong review of key conclusions. Strong integration with thesis statement. Meets Standards: Review of key conclusions. Some integration with the thesis statement.
