ENG 510 Final Project Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: For the final project, you will be creating a writer’s toolkit in which you define, analyze, and apply storytelling elements, literary conventions, and themes that you can use for future work. In Milestone Two, you focused on applying a deliberate point of view. In this milestone, you will analyze the other techniques found in your chosen texts. Prompt: Your analysis should include an in-depth evaluation of both the classic and contemporary texts’ treatment of the storytelling elements of narrative structure (conflict, crisis, and resolution) and character development. In support of your analysis, you will assess the authors’ choices and literary techniques. In addition, provide a rationale for the authors’ incorporation of literary conventions of the time period, supporting your stance with research. Lastly, you should evaluate how the text uses these elements to create its intended theme or meaning. You may submit revised portions of this milestone for your final project. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Classic Work A. Analyze the classic text for the core storytelling elements—narrative structure (conflict, crisis, and resolution), along with the character

development choices employed by the author. How does the author use the elements to create their own distinctive style? B. Determine how the author’s choices relate to relevant literary conventions of the time, providing a supported rationale for the relationship. In

other words, what does the author’s adoption or skillful rejection of conventions say about the strategic communication of his or her story concept?

C. Evaluate how the text uses the storytelling elements to create its intended theme, providing supported rationale. II. Contemporary Work

A. Analyze the contemporary text for the core storytelling elements—narrative structure (conflict, crisis, and resolution), along with the character development choices employed by the author. How does the author use the elements to create their own distinctive style?

B. Determine how the author’s choices relate to relevant literary conventions of the time, providing a supported rationale for the relationship. In other words, what does the author’s adoption or skillful rejection of conventions say about the strategic communication of his or her story concept?

C. Evaluate how the text uses the storytelling elements to create its intended theme, providing supported rationale.

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Milestone Three should be 3 to 4 pages in length, with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in MLA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value Classic Work:

Storytelling Elements Analyzes the classic work for core storytelling elements—narrative structure (conflict, crisis, and resolution) along with character development choices employed by the author—and explains how the author uses the elements to create their own distinctive style

Analyzes the classic work for core storytelling elements—narrative structure (conflict, crisis, and resolution) along with character development choices employed by the author—but does not explain how the author uses the elements to create their own distinctive style, or analysis has gaps in accuracy, necessary detail, or support

Does not analyze the classic work for core storytelling elements employed by the author

15

Classic Work: Literary Conventions

Determines how the author’s choices relate to relevant literary conventions of the time, providing supported rationale for the relationship

Determines how the author’s choices relate to relevant literary conventions of the time, providing rationale, but determination is not accurate or rationale lacks support or detail

Does not determine how the author’s choices relate to relevant literary conventions of the time

15

Classic Work: Theme Evaluates how the work uses the storytelling elements to create its intended theme, providing supported rationale

Evaluates how the work uses the storytelling elements to create its intended theme, but evaluation is not accurate or rationale lacks support or details

Does not evaluate how the work uses the storytelling elements to create its intended theme

15

Contemporary Work: Storytelling Elements

Analyzes the contemporary work for core storytelling elements—narrative structure (conflict, crisis, and resolution) along with character development choices employed by the author—and explains how the author uses the elements to create their own distinctive style

Analyzes the contemporary work for core storytelling elements—narrative structure (conflict, crisis, and resolution) along with character development choices employed by the author—but does not explain how the author uses the elements to create their own distinctive style or analysis has gaps in accuracy, necessary detail, or support

Does not analyze the contemporary work for core storytelling elements employed by the author