iRubric: Voice in Narrative Writing rubric

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Voice in Narrative Writing Rates effectiveness of Voice (How you say it) Rubric Code: E662A3 By McCallum Draft Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Voice Enter rubric description
	Exceeds Standard 4 pts	Meets Standard 3 pts	Approaches Standard 2 pts	Below Standard 1 pts
Tone Language that shows how the author feels	4 Author directly states or implies how he/she feels about the topic. The emotion is clear and conected to the content.	3 Author clearly implies how he/she feels about the topic, but the connection to content is vague.	2 Author attempts to imply his/her feelings about the topic, but provides insufficient details so that the reader must speculate.	1 Authors feelings about topic unclear
Mood Language that encourages certain feelings in the reader	4 Author uses language and details that lead the reader toward feeling a desired emotion that the reader can easily identify.	3 Author uses language and details that lead the reader toward feeling emotions that conflict or are uncertain without intending to.	2 Author attempts to use language and details that lead the reader toward feeling emotions but the language is ineffective and falls flat and/or the details do not match the emotion.	1 Author does not use details that lead the read towar feeling any particular emotion.