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Short Story Genre Writing High School Short Story Genre Writing High School Rubric for students writing a short story that is science fiction or fantasy. Rubric Code: FX64B57 By acole1082 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Short Story
	Excellent 100 pts	Good 90 pts	Fair 75 pts	Poor 0 pts
Creativity & description 30 %	Excellent The story demonstrates exceptional originality and creativity. The writer shows actions and emotions without ever "telling" the reader what is happening. The title is clever and appropriate.	Good The story shows creativity and originality. The writer shows actions and emotions but occasionally "tells" the reader what is happening. The title is appropriate.	Fair the story is somewhat creative and original. The writer sometimes shows actions and emotions and more often "tells" the reader what is happening. The story is titled.	Poor The story shows little or no originality and creativity. The writer only "tells" the reader what is happening as regards to actions or emotions. The story is not titled or the title doesn't fit.
Plot 20 %	Excellent The story's opening grabs the reader's attention. The rising action effectively builds to a climax and the resolution effectively wraps up the story. The story is science fiction or fantasy, but still believable.	Good The story's opening is adequate but not entirely attention-getting. The rising action builds to a climax and the resolution wraps up the story. The story is science fiction or fantasy, but still has an element of being believable.	Fair The story's opening is not entirely satisfactory and does not catch the reader's attention. The rising action builds weakly to a climax. The resolution incompletely wraps up the story. The story is science fiction or fantasy.	Poor The story's opening is unsatisfactory and gives the reader little incentive to continue with the story. The story is missing part of the plot or the resolution is not satisfactory. The story is not science fiction or fantasy.
Dialogue 15 %	Excellent Dialogue is effectively used to develop characters and/or advance the plot. It is correctly punctuated.	Good Dialogue is used, but it less effective in developing characters and/or plot. There may be errors in the punctuation of it.	Fair Dialogue is attempted, but it does not add to the story and it may detract. Many errors in punctuation present.	Poor Dialogue is not included or is completely wrong and hard to follow.
Character Development 20 %	Excellent The characters in the story are fully developed and believable. The reader "knows" the characters.	Good The characters in the story are somewhat developed and generally credible.	Fair The characters in the story are incompletely developed and not always credible.	Poor The characters in the story are not developed and/or not believable.
Conventions 10 %	Excellent Very few errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation.	Good Some errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation, but it does not impede understanding.	Fair Many errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation and errors impede understanding at times.	Poor The story contains more than 15 errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Story is hard to read and understand.
Length 5 % 3-7 pages	Excellent Meets length requirements.	Good Slightly over or under.	Fair More than a page over or under.	Poor More than two pages over or under.

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