Based on Immanuel Kant’s idea of Enlightenment, analyze how James Baldwin’s “Notes of a Native Son” provides a good example of what it takes to being enlightened. Provide short but relevant examples from the text to support your claims in the essay.

Your essay exceeds assignment expectations, challenges reader’s conventional wisdom, and provides ample textual evidence both from primary work (story, novella, poem, play etc) and critical essays. More importantly it has clearly articulated main claim stated early in the paper, and consistently supported and developed in the rest of the paper.

Your essay has an argument, meets most of the assignment requirements, provides textual evidence, even though the evidence needs some explanation or logical integration, and comes to a smooth conclusion.

Your essay has a weak or vague main thesis; as a result it lacks to demonstrate the significance of the paper. It barely fulfills other assignment requirements, or falls short in some of them, such as length, organization, evidence etc.

The paper lacks an identifiable main thesis statement, is poorly organized, and jumps from one claim to another without proper transition. It lacks in many of assignment requirements.

Score of Criterion 1: Content,

The essay shows a clear flow in terms of organization, presents a clear and strong thesis statement, and supports the thesis statement with evidence and ends logically.

Organization is well-done for the most part, even though there are areas for improvement such as few abrupt transitions.

Organization needs a lot of work. I does not have a good introduction and a logical conclusion.

The paper has no clear organization, and introduction and conclusion are sloppy.

Score of Criterion 2: Organization,

Your essay the MLA closely, has few or no issues related to language, grammar and mechanics (including citation and documentation).

There are few minor issues related to language, grammar and mechanics. Some work is needed in proper citation and documentation.

There are quite a few issues related with language, grammar and mechanics. It needs work in citation and documentation, and has to be edited thoroughly.

There are issues present related to language, grammar, and mechanics. Citation and documentation are not done correctly.

Score of Criterion 3: Grammar, Mechanics, Citation and Documentation,