UGS 303 “Modernity, Anxiety and the Art of the Uncanny”Dr. E.M. Richmond-GarzaGrading Rubric for the Two-Page Essay (20 points possible)Student’s Name: TA’s Name: Elizabeth Richmond-GarzaBelow you will find the breakdown of how successful your essay was. From the start of the semester you have been encouraged to use the 5-step Cultural Analysis process to prepare your essay so as to ensure that your essay is exact, argumentative, and has an impact. The steps ofparaphrase, observe, contextualize, analyze, and argue appear below with the number of possible, and number of earned, points, as well as a few brief comments. We hope that this breakdown helps you to see the strengths and weaknesses of your work.1. Paraphrase/Quote: Did you make exact and appropriate use of details from the work, whether in the form or direct quotations or in theform of paraphrase and/or description?(4 points are possible and you earned: 3/4)2. Observe: Did you comment on formal features or qualities of the work(s) (rhetoric, diction, style, montage, camera angle, musical score, composition, language, color palette, etc.) represented by the details you cite? (4 points are possible and you earned: 3/4)3. Contextualize: Did you offer a clear definition of the uncanny, focusing on a single mechanism from the Freud essay? In order to receive full credit, you will need to explain which mechanism you see operating in the work you chose, define it and show how and why it is an appropriate way to analyze that work.(2 points are possible and you earned: 1/2)4. Analyze: Did you explain why the details and qualities that you selected are significant, and how they contribute to an understanding or interpretation of what the work means? (6 points are possible and you earned: 4/6)5. Argue: Did you construct a single coherent argument that organizesthe entire essay and conveys your understanding of the work’s meaningand purpose? Do the individual observations and analyses that you present in your paper all contribute to the support of your central thesis or claim? (4 points are possible and you earned: 2/4)UGS 303 “Modernity, Anxiety and the Art of the Uncanny”Dr. E.M. Richmond-GarzaGrading Rubric for the Two-Page Essay (20 points possible)Brief overall comment and Score:
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