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Short Story Elements 
Short Story Elements
This rubric can be used to help assess a student on their understanding of the fictional story elements.
Rubric Code: LX37894
By lisamtt
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Public Rubric
Subject: English  
Type: Reading  
Grade Levels: 6-8

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  Needs Improvement

3 pts

Fair

6 pts

Very Good

8 pts

Excellent

10 pts

Characters

Needs Improvement

Student cannot identify either character by name and cannot give any details about them.
Fair

Student can only identify one of the characters by name, and can give little or no details about either character.
Very Good

Student can identify both characters by name and can give some details about at least one of them.
Excellent

Student can identify both characters by name and can give specific details about both of them, and can determine which character is the major character and which characters are minor characters.
Setting

Needs Improvement

Student cannot identify where or when the story takes place.
Fair

Student can identify where and when the story takes place, but cannot give any details about it.
Very Good

Student can identify where and when the story takes place and can give at least one detail each of them.
Excellent

Student can identify where and when the story takes place and can give two or more details about them.
Conflict

Needs Improvement

Student cannot identify any problem in the story.
Fair

Student can identify one minor problem in the story.
Very Good

Student can identify more than 1 problem in the story.
Excellent

Student can identify the major problem in the story.<BR>
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BONUS: Student can identify internal or external conflict +2
Plot

Needs Improvement

Student can identify and list 2 or less elements of the plot line in a short story.
Fair

Student can identify and list 3 of the elements of the plot line in a short story.
Very Good

Student can identify and list 4 of the elements of the plot line in a short story.
Excellent

Student can identify and list all 5 of the elements of the plot line in a short story.
Theme

Needs Improvement

Student does not know what the theme of the story is.
Fair

Student knows what theme is, but incorrectly identified the theme of the story.
Very Good

Student knows what theme is and was partially correct in their assessment of the theme.
Excellent

Student knows what theme is and was correct in identifying them theme of the story.



Keywords:
  • fiction, story, elements, reading, comprehension

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