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Creative writing (a poem)

Rubric Code: R8B4AX

By epollard123

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: (none)

Creative Writitng/Poem
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 5 pts	Good 10 pts
Poem has a title	Poor no title	Fair poem has a title but it is not clear how the title relates to the poem	Good title clearly relates to the content of the poem
Use of similes	Poor	Fair one simile is used or the similes used in the poem are not original	Good two or more original similes are used in the poem
Use of metaphors	Poor	Fair one metaphor is used in the poem or metaphors used are not original	Good two or more metaphors are used in the poem, the metaphors compare two dissimilar objects in a unique and original way
Symbolism	Poor	Fair one symbol is used in the poem, and is identified by the student as a symbol when asked.	Good two or more symbols are identified by the student.
Connotation	Poor	Fair connotation is not purposeful, does not support the overall mood of the poem	Good connotation is clearly used to support the intended mood or tone
stanza	Poor	Fair stanzas are irregular and do not match rhyme scheme (if poem rhymes) or the poem is one long stanza of fewer than 10 lines.	Good poem contains four or more stanzas of at least four lines each
alliteration	Poor no alliteration	Fair one or two uses of alliteration	Good two or more original uses of alliteration
rhyme	Poor no rhyme	Fair poem rhymes but it is unoriginal or elementary, forced or awkward	Good natural and clear rhyme scheme with creative use of word pairs to create a rhyme scheme
allusion	Poor no allusion	Fair contains an allusion but is awkward or forced within the content of the poem	Good contains an allusion to either the Bible or Greek mythology and the allusion works with the content of the poem
overall appearance	Poor sloppy in appearance, as a rough draft	Fair neatly written or typed, but contains errors in spelling or structure	Good neat and with no more than two errors
effort	Poor Student complained, was disruptive or required frequent encouragement from the teacher	Fair Student required frequent assistance from the teacher or peers, may have been disruptive but was on task	Good Student worked well on this task with little or no assistance. Student used the rubric to guide the assignment.
Assignment completed on time	Poor	Fair Assignment was late or without a name	Good Student turned in the assignment on time, with their name on the assignment

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English

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Writing

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