Let's say a student writes an essay, and you're using this rubric to grade that essay. This is the breakdown of their essay: "If the student was to establish a clear position, with most ideas related to the position and focused on the issue specified on the prompt. Sufficient sentence to sentence connections and flow of the essay, and for the most part is appropriate to the to the purpose and responsive to the specific demands of the prompt.

"The student understood the complications of the matter, and considered opposing views. They also showed thorough understanding of the writing task by the manner in which they developed their essay. The essay is also convincing due to the fact that their reasons are well chosen.

"The student shows some command over the boundaries of sentence structure and spelling. The diction could possibly have not attributed to the quality of the essay, and thus may have made the essay a little bit weaker. There are some errors that could possibly hinder the flow of the essay. "

Given this information of the essay and the quality with which it was written, what grade would the student receive for their essay based on the grading rubric (The three picture files)? Give me the percentage out of a hundred (So for example: 69%) .

Explanation:

f the student was to establish a clear position, with most ideas related to the position and focused on the issue specified on the prompt. Sufficient sentence to sentence connections and flow of the essay, and for the most part is appropriate to the to the purpose and responsive to the specific demands of the prompt.

"The student understood the complications of the matter, and considered opposing views. They also showed thorough understanding of the writing task by the manner in which they developed their essay. The essay is also convincing due to the fact that their reasons are well chosen.

"The student shows some command over the boundaries of sentence structure and spelling. The diction could possibly have not attributed to the quality of the essay, and thus may have made the essay a little bit weaker. There are some errors that could possibly hinder the flow of the essay. "

Given this information of the essay and the quality with which it was written, what grade would the student receive for their essay based on the grading rubric (The three picture files)? Give me the percentage out of a hundred (So for example: 69%) .

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.