Sample Essay Grading

Sample 1: 15/20


5/5
It has detailed literature analysis for the scene. There are direct lines from the script, and the author carefully analysis every lines with her understanding. The author also analysises single words from the lines. These show her understanding for the script as well as her character. She also analysis out the emotions and purposes of her character Margaret. In total, it is a detailed analysises for the scripte that show author knows what she need to act in the performance.
6/10
The author talks about her decisions about stageing, props, and customs for the performance. This provides background information for her performance. She also talk about she uses changes of tone to show the emotion changes of Margaret. But she does not put her decisions in details. There could be more space for her to explain her reasons for her acting. In total, her theatrical terms is not detailed enough for the essay.
4/5
The essay uses language carefully, there is not grammar mistakes. She divides the formate of the essay into parts of literature analysis and theatertical terms. But she put too many words in literature analysis, which make the theatertical terms looks too shorts. The main points of the essay should focus on theatertical terms. Besides these, the essay shows a good quality fo authro’s langaugae base that she explain her analysis carefully and easy to understand. In total, there should be more focus on the theatertical terms in this essay.

Sample 2: 19/20
5/5
The essay has detailed analysis for Ophelia’s lines. There are both lines and words analysis for the character. The author analysis Ophelia’s emotions, actions, and her purposes in the scene. The author tells Ophelia’s attachment to Hamlet by analysis the personal pronouns from the lines. All of these show deep understandings for the script as well as the character.
9/10
The majority of the essay put focus on the theatertical terms. The author clearly know what she should focus about, which she record her acting choices, tones, and body languages. She reasons all her choices from her analysis for the lines, which make her decisions easy to understand. For example, she connects all her body languages, such as kneel down, to the lines from the script. It is a very nicely down theartertical analysis.
5/5
The essay combines the literature analysis and the theartertical terms together. The author first analysis the lines, then connect her analysis into her acting choices. The whole essay goes smoothly, the author clearly points out all her analysises and acting choices for the reader and make reasonable dicision in her performance. The essay shows a high stander of writing skills of the author and it deserves a high score.