HL Paper 2 Rubric
Criterion A:
Knowledge and
understanding How
much knowledge and
understanding has the
student shown of the part
3 works studied in
relation to the question
answered?
Criterion B: Response
to the question How
well has the student
understood the specific
demands of the
question?
To what extent has the
student responded to these
demands?
How well have the works
been compared and
contrasted in relation to
the demands of the
question?
Criterion C:
Appreciation of the
literary conventions of
the genre
To what extent does the
student identify and
appreciate the use of
literary conventions in
relation to the question
and the works used?
Criterion D:
Organization and
development How well
organized, coherent and
developed is the
presentation of ideas?
Criterion E:
Language
How clear, varied and
accurate is the language?
How appropriate is the
choice of register, style
and terminology?
(Register refers, in this
context, to the students
use of elements such as
vocabulary, and tone.
0 1 2 3 4 5
The work There is some There is mostly There is adequate There is good There is perceptive
does not knowledge but adequate knowledge and knowledge and knowledge and
reach a virtually no knowledge and understanding of understanding of understanding of
standard understanding of some superficial the part 3 works in the part 3 works in the part 3 works in
described by the part 3 works in understanding of relation to the relation to the relation to the
the relation to the the part 3 works in question answered. question answered. question answered.
descriptors. question answered. relation to the
question answered.
The work The student shows The student The student The student The student
does not little awareness of responds to some of responds to most of responds to the responds to all the
reach a the main the main the main main implications implications, as well
standard implications of the implications of the implications of the and some as the subtleties of
described by question, and ideas question with some question with subtleties of the the question, with
question, with
the are mainly relevant ideas. consistently relevant convincing and
relevant and
descriptors. irrelevant and/or There is a ideas. There is thoughtful ideas.
carefully explored
insignificant. There superficial attempt adequate ideas. The The comparison
is little meaningful to compare the comparison of the includes an
comparison makes
comparison of the works used in works used in some evaluation of effective evaluation
works used in relation to the relation to the the works used in of the works in
relation to the question. question. relation to the
relation to the
question. question. question.
The work Some literary Examples of Examples of literary Examples of literary Examples of literary
does not conventions are literary conventions conventions are conventions are conventions are
reach a identified but there are sometimes satisfactorily clearly identified perceptively
standard is limited correctly identified identified and and effectively identified and
described by development and developed, with developed, with developed, with persuasively
the relevant to the some relevance to relevance to the relevance to the developed, with
descriptors. question and/or the the question and the question and the question and the clear relevance to
works used. works used. works used. works used. the question and the
works used.
The word Ideas have little Ideas have some Ideas are adequately Ideas are effectively Ideas are
does not organization; there organization, with a organized, with a organized, with a persuasively
reach a may be a superficial recognizable suitable structure very good organized, with
standard structure, but structure, but and attention paid to structure, coherence excellent
described by coherence and/or coherence and coherence and and development. structure, coherence
the development are development are development. and development.
descriptors. lacking. often lacking.
The work Language is rarely Language is Language is clear Language is clear Language is very
does not clear and sometimes clear and and carefully and carefully clear, effective,
reach a appropriate; there carefully chosen; chosen, with an chosen, with a good carefully chosen
standard are many errors in grammar, adequate degree of degree of accuracy and precise, with a
described by grammar, vocabulary and accuracy in in grammar, high degree of
the vocabulary and sentence grammar, vocabulary and accuracy in
descriptors. sentence construction are vocabulary and sentence grammar,
construction, and fairly accurate, sentence construction; vocabulary and
little sense of although errors and construction despite register and style sentence
register and style. mistakes are some lapses; are consistently construction;
apparent; the register and style appropriate to the register and style
register and style are mostly task. are effective and
are to some extent appropriate to the appropriate to the
appropriate to the task. task.
task.