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Writing A Short Story 
Writing A Short Story
Rubric Code: UX8X472
By mhenshey
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Subject: English  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: 9-12

Powered by iRubric Writing A Short Story
  Excellent

4 pts

Good

3 pts

Fair

2 pts

Poor

1 pts

Audience Purpose

Excellent

Presents details targeted at a unique audience; successfully narrates the events of a story
Good

Presents details suited to an audience; narrates the events of a story
Fair

Presents few details suited to an audience; some ideas conflict with narration of story
Poor

Supports no purpose; is not written for a specific audience
Plot

Excellent

Presents events that create a clear narrative wit h a definitive rising action, climax, falling action and resolution
Good

Presents sequence of events may be missing the build up of the rising action
Fair

Presents a confusing sequence of events or all elements of plot are not present
Poor

Presents no logical order
Characters

Excellent

Successfully goes in-depth with description; clearly covers all aspects of character.
Well developed direct and indirect characterization used to tell about characters
Good

Goes in-depth with description; covers some aspects of character.
Minimal direct and indirect characterization used to introduce characters and story
Fair

Includes some description; covers some aspects of character.
Does not include indirect characterization
Poor

Does not go in-depth with description; does not cover all aspects of character
No direct or indirect characterization used to develop story
Point of View

Excellent

Writes from a consistent point of view
Good

Told from a specific point of view
Fair

Contains inconsistent points of view
Poor

Uses an inconsistent point of view
Dialogue & Elaboration

Excellent

Contains details that provide insight to character; contains dialogue that reveals characters and furthers the plot
Good

Contains details and dialogue that develop characters.
Fair

Contains characters and setting; contains some dialogue.
Poor

Contains few or no details to develop characters or setting; no dialogue provided.
No direct or indirect characterization used to develop story
Word Choice

Excellent

Uses more show versus tell to reveal story’s setting and character.
Descriptive language is used to effectively establish tone and mood of story.
Good

Uses interesting and fresh word choices.
Mood and tone of story are established through word choice.
Fair

Uses unoriginal expressions.
Mood and tone of story are somewhat established through word choice
Poor

Uses uninspired word choices
Grammar

Excellent

There are no errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling
Paragraphing is without error.
Good

There are few errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling
Paragraphing may have one error.
Fair

There are some errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling
Paragraphing has two to three errors
Poor

There are many errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling
Paragraphing has more than three errors.




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