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Narrative Essay Rubric-Comp I

Descriptive Narrative

Rubric Code: VC4734

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Narrative
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 7 pts	Good 9 pts	Excellent 12.5 pts
Page Format	Poor The paper is missing more than 3 of the paper's format requirements.	Fair Paper is missing 2-3 of the paper's requirements.	Good Paper is missing one of the page format requirements.	Excellent Paper is typed, double spaced, with proper header and title.
Introduction	Poor Background details are a random collection of information, or unclear, or not related to topic. Introduction is boring and uninteresting	Fair Introduction adequately explains the background, but may lack detail and creativity.	Good Introduction creates interest and is fairly well developed. Contains some background information and detail.	Excellent Extremely well-developed introduction. It engages the reader and creates interest. Contains detailed background information.
Main points/body paragraphs	Poor Details are either uninteresting or lacking. The narrator is undeveloped and tells rather than shows, the story.	Fair There are clear points, but they lack detail. Points/action not very interesting.	Good Well developed main points directly related to action or point of the story. Detail is descriptive and interesting. There is a clear point of view.	Excellent Action/points in story is cleverly developed with colorful and lively description. There is a clear and consistent point of view used throughout the story.
Organization/structure	Poor No discernable organization. Transitions are not present	Fair Organization is clear. Transitions are present	Good Logical progression of ideas. Transitions are present equally throughout essay	Excellent Logical progression of ideas with a clear structure that enhances the story. Transitions are mature and graceful.
Style:sentence flow, diction	Poor Writing is confusing, hard to follow. Contains fragments and/or run-on sentences.	Fair Writing is clear, but sentences may lack variety.	Good Writing is clear and sentences have varied structure.	Excellent Writing is smooth, skillful, and coherent. Sentences are strong and expressive with varied structure.
Mechanics	Poor Distracting errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization	Fair A few errors in punctuation, grammar, spelling, and capitalization.	Good Punctuation, spelling, grammar, and capitalization are generally correct with few errors.	Excellent No errors in punctuation, spelling, grammar, or capitalization.
Add-ons	Poor The student did not bother with the identification of the figurative language examples nor the sentence types.	Fair The student identified some of the figurative examples and/or sentence types, but did not include all six.	Good The student identified the figurative language and sentence types, but got 1-2 of them wrong.	Excellent The student correctly identified two examples of figurative language and all four sentence types.
Page Length	Poor The paper is less than 1 and 1/2 pages in length.	Fair The paper is 1 and 1/2 page in length.	Good The paper is 1 and 3/4 page.	Excellent The narrative is two or more typed pages (double spaced)

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narrative

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