iRubric: Flash Fiction rubric

Writer gives both internal and external descriptions of characters.
Characters' personality fully developed; character seems human/rounded.

Writer gives both internal and external descriptions of characters.
Characters' personality partially developed.

Writer offers little more than characters' name and physical description.

Repeated and fluent use of both descriptive writing and figurative language
Descriptions almost always appeal to senses and gives the reader an accurate and clear mental image.

Some evidence of descriptive writing or figurative language
Descriptions occasionally use sensory imagery and attempt to create a mental image

Little evidence of descriptive writing and figurative language
Descriptions may be surface level only with no sensory appeal.

there is a clear and specific reference to an item in the story

There is a implied reference to an item or the item is not a focal point in the story

There is no reference to an item in story

Spelling, punctuation, and grammar are accurate throughout.

Spelling, punctuation, and grammar are occasionally flawed.

Spelling, punctuation, and grammar are repeatedly flawed.