Katakana Literary Work Evaluation Categories
1. Emotiveness (Appeal to heart)
Capture the readers, appeals to the senses, inspire reaction
Thought provoking, evoke emotion
Relatable to the reader

2. Delivering message (Message)
Eternal verities, providing lessons (underlying deeper messages),
depth beyond the plot,

Has a point to it
Thought provoking content
Star-crossed romance, sense of fantasy (mythos)

3. Aesthetic Factors (Beauty)
Aesthetically pleasing,
Follows a structure, style, formation of a style and consistency
Provokes image, songs, and etc, can picture in your head
Sounds beautiful, should flow, have rhythm, rhythmical

4. Creativity (Interest)
Unique, exciting, interesting, fun, not boring, wit, smart, funny,
humorous, entertaining, well developed, not repetitive/ cliché,
sparking new ideas and questions, original, imaginative, innovative,
original
challenging societal conventions, question the typical standards

5. Consideration for Others (Ease of Reading)
Coherent, clear, thoughtful, an appropriate length, concise, cohesive
Easy to interpret and/or understand
Ability to reach wide audiences across ages and cultural backgrounds,
potentially carry universal values, Respect all cultures
Vocabulary that takes into account the audience's level of understanding

6. Language (Relation to Language)
Use of language, meaning either a unique use of diction perhaps
Well crafted (i.e.- put thought/effort into it, strategic choice of words, etc.)
Wordplay, fun with language, has an eloquent use of words, illustrative language

Use language that we’ve learned

Haiku & Senryu
Rhythms, rhymes, and catchy sounds, satiric, succinct
Correct form and style

Subtlety is appreciated to achieve mood or image
Express an aspect of human nature (Senryu)
Express an aspect of the natural world (Haiku)

Story & Manga
1) Plot & Structure
Good, interesting, clear story line, good artwork
Depth of character and plot
Beginning, middle, and end
2) Characters
Character development, characters that you can relate, memorable characters