MARK | THEMATIC AND CATEGORY ALIGNMENT | ORIGINALITY AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE | STYLISTIC AND TECHNICAL MERIT |
Just what we are looking for | - The work highlights an individual, family, or group of people and their connection to Latter-day Saint history.
- The work helps the reader understand the theme in new ways.
| - Using strong description, the work gives the reader a vivid understanding of the characters’ experience.
- The work demonstrates creativity and resourcefulness in using significant primary sources. (Optional, but not required: The work may cite secondary sources.)
- The work gives appropriate local historical, cultural, and/or linguistic context that helps readers from other cultures understand what is at stake in the story.
| - Language is clear and engaging.
- The work reflects the authentic experiences of real people. The details of the story can be verified by consulting people or records. (Optional, but not required: A bibliography is supplied, with references that are cited in a style consistent with local academic standards.)
- Technical presentation allows the story to be easily heard, viewed, or read.
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Nearly what we are looking for | - The work gives some details about an individual, family, or group of people and their connection to Latter-day Saint history.
- The work helps the reader understand the theme.
| - The work includes many details giving the reader an understanding of the characters’ experience.
- The work uses significant primary sources.
- The work gives some local historical, cultural, and/or linguistic context that helps readers from other cultures understand what is at stake in the story.
| - The language is somewhat clear.
- The work is mostly based in the authentic experiences of real people. The details of the story may be hard to verify by consulting people or records.
- Technical presentation has some problems, at times making the story difficult to hear, view, or read.
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Not what we are looking for | - The work lacks details about an individual, family, or group of people and their connection to Latter-day Saint history.
- The work does not help the reader understand the theme.
| - The work does not include many details giving the reader an understanding of the characters’ experience.
- The work does not use any primary sources.
- Because of a lack of historical, cultural, and/or linguistic context, it is difficult for readers from other cultures understand what is at stake in the story.
| - Language is confusing.
- The work is not based in the authentic experiences of real people. The details of the story cannot be verified by consulting people or records.
- The technical presentation has problems, making the story hard to hear, view, or read.
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