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College Board, Advanced Placement, AP, AP Central, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of College Board. All other products and services may be trademarks of their respective owners.  \n[Visit College Board on the web:](Visit College Board on the web: collegeboard.org)[ collegeboard.org](Visit College Board on the web: collegeboard.org).  \nScoring Rubric for Question 1: Poetry Analysis 6 points  \n\n| Reporting\u003Cbr>Category | Scoring Criteria |\n| --- | --- |\n| Row A\u003Cbr>Thesis\u003Cbr>(0-1 points)\u003Cbr> 7.B  | 0 points\u003Cbr>For any of the following:\u003Cbr>• There is no defensible thesis.\u003Cbr>• The intended thesis only restates the prompt.\u003Cbr>• The intended thesis provides a summary of the issue with no apparent or coherent claim.\u003Cbr>• There is a thesis, but it does not respond to the prompt.\u003Cbr>1 point\u003Cbr>Responds to the prompt with a thesis that presents a defensible interpretation of the poem.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Decision Rules and Scoring Notes\u003Cbr>Responses that do not earn this point:\u003Cbr>• Only restate the prompt.\u003Cbr>• Make a generalized comment about the poem that doesn’t respond to the prompt.\u003Cbr>• Describe the poem or features of the poem rather than making a claim that requires a defense.\u003Cbr>Responses that earn this point:\u003Cbr>• Provide a defensible interpretation in response to the prompt. |\n|  | Additional Notes:\u003Cbr>• The thesis may be more than one sentence, provided the sentences are in close proximity.\u003Cbr>• The thesis may be anywhere within the response.\u003Cbr>• For a thesis to be defensible, the poem must include at least minimal evidence that could be used to support that thesis; however, the student need not cite that evidence to earn the thesis point.\u003Cbr>• The thesis may establish a line of reasoning that structures the essay, but it needn’t do so to earn the thesis point.\u003Cbr>• A thesis that meets the criteria can be awarded the point whether or not the rest of the response successfully supports that line of reasoning. |\n\nAP English Literature Scoring Rubric, Free-Response Question 1-3 | SG 1  \n\n| Reporting\u003Cbr>Category | Scoring Criteria |\n| --- | --- |\n| Row B\u003Cbr>Evidence\u003Cbr>AND\u003Cbr>Commentary\u003Cbr>(0-4 points)\u003Cbr> 7.A \u003Cbr> 7.C \u003Cbr> 7.D \u003Cbr> 7.E  | 0 points\u003Cbr>Simply restates thesis (if present), repeats provided information, or offers information irrelevant to the prompt.\u003Cbr>1 point\u003Cbr>EVIDENCE:\u003Cbr>Provides evidence that is mostly general.\u003Cbr>AND\u003Cbr>COMMENTARY: Summarizes the evidence but does not explain how the evidence supports the student’s argument. 2 points\u003Cbr>EVIDENCE:\u003Cbr>Provides some specific, relevant evidence.\u003Cbr>AND\u003Cbr>COMMENTARY:\u003Cbr>Explains how some of the evidence relates to the student’s argument, but no line of reasoning is established, or the line of reasoning is faulty. 3 points\u003Cbr>EVIDENCE:\u003Cbr>Provides specific evidence to support all claims in a line of\u003Cbr>reasoning.\u003Cbr>AND COMMENTARY:\u003Cbr>Explains how some of the evidence supports a line of reasoning.\u003Cbr>AND\u003Cbr>Explains how at least one literary element or technique in the poem contributes to its meaning.\u003Cbr>4 points\u003Cbr>EVIDENCE:\u003Cbr>Provides specific evidence to support all claims in a line of\u003Cbr>reasoning.\u003Cbr>AND COMMENTARY:\u003Cbr>Consistently explains how the evidence supports a line of reasoning.\u003Cbr>AND\u003Cbr>Explains how multiple literary elements or techniques in the poem contribute to its meaning.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Decision Rules and Scoring Notes\u003Cbr>Typical responses that earn 0 points:\u003Cbr>• Are incoherent ordo not address the prompt.\u003Cbr>• May be just opinion with no textual references or references that are irrelevant.\u003Cbr>Typical responses that earn 1 point:\u003Cbr>• Tend to focus on summary or description of a poem rather than specific details or techniques.\u003Cbr>• Mention literary elements, devices, or techniques with little or no explanation. 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