How will I know that my essay is
successful?
Skilled                            Excellent
 Selecting quotations, but not     Embedded quotations
  yet embedding them                An essay that flows
 Using key terminology             Making original comments about
  accurately (like alliteration,     the effect of language
  simile, metaphor, rhythm,         Beginning to explore the cultural
  iambic pentameter)                 and historical influences in more
 Showing awareness of the           depth
  historical and cultural           Beginning to see how the
  influences of the play             playwrights choice of form
                                     (iambic pentameter) adds extra
 Commenting on the                  meaning
  playwrights choice of words      Beginning to appreciate how the
 Commenting on the effect of        audience might respond
  the play on the audience           differently to a character