SHORT STORY RUBRIC
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Distinguished 4
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Proficient 3
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Developing 2
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Grade
Scale
28=98
27=97
26=95
25=93
24=92
23=90
22=88
21=86
20=84
19=82
18=81
17=80
16=78
15=77
14=75
13=74
12=73
11=72
10=68
9=65
8=62
7=60
eeds Improvement 1
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Engaging the Audience
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Engages the audience with an interesting introduction that makes the audience connect with the story and the writer
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Adequately engages the audience
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Makes an attempt to engage the audience but is not successful
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Does not try to engage the audience or establish the context of the story
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Elements of a Short Story
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Establishes a situation, plot, point of view, setting, conflict, and resolution using careful detail and emotion
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Provides an adequately developed plot, but needs more depth with conflict, resolution, detail, and emotion
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Barely develops the plot; conflict and resolution are sketchy; more detail needed; emotion minimal
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The plot is difficult to follow or understand and requires further development; lacks conflict and resolution; minimal detail/emotion
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Organization
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Balances and unifies all narrative elements required in an essay; chronology of events very clear
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Shows a clear attempt at balancing and unifying the story; chronology of events evident
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Shows minimal effort to balance and unify the story; chronology of events confusing
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There is little or no organization present; chronology of events not present
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Style and Fluency
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The ideas are clearly and effectively developed; writing is fluent and polished with effective verbs, adjectives, and transitions; thesis clear
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Most ideas are clearly expressed; writing is generally fluent, with some use of effective verbs, adjectives, and transitions; thesis adequate
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Some ideas may not be clearly expressed; fluency and transitions may be lacking; infrequent use of effective, verbs, adjectives, and transitions; thesis unclear
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Many ideas are difficult to understand; fluency and transitions are lacking; few effective verbs, adjectives, and transitions; no thesis
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Grammar, Editing, Revising, and Proofreading
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Demonstrates mastery of the rules of the English Language including punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Makes good attempt to revise/edit with only a few errors in punctuation, spelling, grammar
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Efforts to revise/edit are made but with many errors in punctuation, spelling, grammar remaining
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Shows little to no evidence of proofreading, with many punctuation, spelling, grammatical errors
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Special Sentence Structures
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Effective dialogue incorporated into essay correctly
Three different brushstrokes correctly written, highlighted, and labeled
3rd person narrative clearly maintained
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Dialogue incorporated, but not totally effective and/or punctuated correctly
Two different brushstrokes correctly written, highlighted, and labeled
3rd person narrative maintained adequately
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Minimally effective dialogue and/or not punctuated correctly
One different brushstrokes correctly written, highlighted, and labeled
3rd person narrative weak
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Ineffective/no dialogue
No brushstrokes evident
Narrator not evident
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Format
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Meets all of the requirements:
One page
typed, Times New Roman, size 12
double spaced
MLA heading
correctly punctuated and capitalized title
pages numbered (MLA format)
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Meets all except one or two requirements:
One page
typed, Times New Roman, size 12
double spaced
MLA heading
correctly punctuated and capitalized title
pages numbered (MLA format)
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Meets at least half of the requirements:
One page
typed, Times New Roman, size 12
double spaced
MLA heading
correctly punctuated and capitalized title
pages numbered (MLA format)
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Meets less than half of the requirements:
One page
typed, Times New Roman, size 12
double spaced
MLA heading
correctly punctuated and capitalized title
pages numbered (MLA format)
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