Please use Rubrics. Purpose the library essay fulfills its purpose of explaining how Rip Van Winkle reflects the emergence of the American mythology. The essay contains a complete analysis of the characteristics and explains how these characteristics affect the story and the readers experience of the story. The literary essay presents a valid thesis and contains examples of three to four characteristics of stories that participate in a nations mythology. The essay identifies the title of the story and the name of the author and presents a thesis in the introductory paragraph, and ends with a concluding paragraph that summarizes the the main points or restates the thesis of the essay. The essay uses present tense when referring to the story. It is written in 3rd person. No slang expressions. Written in a formal style. Each sentence expresses a complete thought. And the essay contain exact words from the story and are punctuated correctly. The title of the story and name of the author are capitalized correctly.