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Short Story Rubric 
Short Story Rubric
This is a rubric determining on how well each short story was written.
Rubric Code: B74A3A
By RogerTakla
Ready to use
Public Rubric
Subject: English  
Type: Assessment  
Grade Levels: 9-12

Powered by iRubric Curran and Corey Short Story Rubric
  Needs Improvement

5 pts

Fair

6 pts

Good

7 pts

Excellent

8 pts

Creativity

Needs Improvement

- The story has no creativity or orginality
Fair

- The story has minimal creativity where a reader might want to read on.
Good

- The story reflects a good amount of creativity so that a reader would want to read on.
Excellent

-The story is largely creative and is intriguing to the point that a reader would be very intererested in the outcome.
Setting

Needs Improvement

- You do not know where the story takes place, your completely lost.
Fair

- You somewhat know where things are taking place.
Good

- You know where things are taking place most of the time.
Excellent

- You know exactly where everything is taking place.

- The setting is described so well that you feel like you're there.
Detail

Needs Improvement

- The story is rarely described with good detail.

- You don't feel like you're in the story at all.
Fair

- The story is somewhat described with detail.

- You somewhat feel like your in the story.
Good

- Most everything is described with detail.

- You sometimes feel like you are in the story.
Excellent

- Everything is described with precise detail.

- You feel like you are watching a movie or you're in the story.
Character Description

Needs Improvement

- characters are poorly developed and it is hard to imagine what these characters might be like.
Fair

-Character development needs improvement
Good

- Characters are developed but some characters could be better developed through more direct or indirect characterization.
Excellent

-characters are thoroughly developed through direct and indirect characterization
Development

Needs Improvement

Story development does not exist and does not follow sequence.
Fair

Story development nees to be improved or revised
Good

Story development follows story sequence but some component could be better developed
Excellent

Story contains exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Grammar

Needs Improvement

More than 8 errors, please revise
Fair

6-7 errors
Good

4-5 errors
Excellent

Three errors or fewer
Literary Perspective

Needs Improvement

There is no clear development of the literary perspective announced in the proposal form.
Fair

The development of the literary perspective needs more development.
Good

There is a good attempt at developing the literary perspective mentioned in the proposal form. However, some gaps are observed.
Excellent

Excellent development.
Subliminal Message

Needs Improvement

No attempt to hint at a subliminal message.
Fair

There is little attempt to hint at a subliminal message.
Good

Good hints at an existing and valid subliminal message
Excellent

Excellently developed subliminal message.
Literary Features

Needs Improvement

There is no evidence of existing, qualitative literary feature use.
Fair

Little attempt to use literary features.
Good

Good and witty use of literary features.
Excellent

Excellent use of literary features.




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