R19.2 Short Answer Exercise: Relate Title's Characters to Universal Idea
Literary Core Skill:
Rhetoric Level 19: Consider various (children’s) titles with respect to a specific universal idea.
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Description:
This worksheet asks for a paragraph- or page-length description of the story’s protagonist or antagonist, describing how characterization contributes to a discussion of the universal idea.
Grading Rubric:
Equal parts credit for a) clean grammar/syntax/punctuation, b) plausibility, and c) reference to the text. Paragraph- and page-length answers may also be graded on the 5-fold rubric, which is explained at www.centerforlitschools.com/5fold-grading-rubric.