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Creative Writing Mystery Short Story Creative Writing Mystery Short Story Mystery for potential screenplay Rubric Code: G2A234 By pollykaye50 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Mystery Short Story
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 20 pts	Excellent 30 pts
Setting	Poor There is no description of the setting other than a mention of where the story takes place.	Fair The setting is briefly described with little detail. The setting is not realistic	Good Setting is described in some detail. The reader has a sense of where the action takes place. The setting is mostly realistic and true	Excellent Setting is described in full detail. It is easy to understand where action takes place. Setting is realistic and true
Character	Poor Characters are not developed and are not realistic.	Fair Characters are developed only slightly. Characters are not very realistic or believable. Characters have little personaility.	Good Characters are mostly developed. Characters are mostly realistic and believable. Characters have some personality and depth.	Excellent Characters are fully developed. Characters are realistic and believable. Characters have personaility and depth.
Dialogue	Poor Dialogue is present in 10% or less of the story and is not formatted correctly.	Fair Dialogue is present in 15% of the story but is not formatted correctly	Good Dialogue is present in 20% of the story and is formatted correctly.	Excellent Dialogue is present in 25% or more of the story and is formatted correctly.
Mystery	Poor There is little to no element of mystery to the story.	Fair There is a small element of mystery in the story but it is not the main part of the story.	Good There is an element of mystery through most of the story. The story is solid and follows some principles of mystery.	Excellent There is a great elelment of mystery throughout the entire story. The story is well built and follows principles of mystery.
Twist	Poor No twist is present in the story.	Fair A small twist is present in the story but seems out of place or there only as a requirement.	Good A good twist is present in the story and keeps the reader guessing. The twist is somewhat set up and partially carried out.	Excellent A fantastic twist is present in the story and keeps the reader guessing. The twist is well set up and carried out.
Plot	Poor The plot is not developed and follows no specific path.	Fair The plot is loosely developed and has many holes. It does not follow a path or the plot diagram.	Good The plot is mostly developed with some holes. It follows a specific path and mostly follows a plot diagram.	Excellent The plot is fully developed and follows a specific path from beginning to end. It clearly follows a plot diagram.
Sequence	Poor The story does not follow a sequence, is not believable and doesn't make sense.	Fair The story barely follows a logical sequence. It makes little sense and is not very believable.	Good The story mostly follows a logical sequence, makes sense and is mostly believable.	Excellent The story follows a logical sequence, makes sense and is believable.
Length	Poor Story is 2 or fewer pages, typed, double spaced.	Fair Story is 3 pages, typed, double spaced.	Good Story is 4 pages, typed, double spaced.	Excellent Story is 5+ pages typed, double spaced.
Grammar	Poor Standard rules of grammar and spelling are not followed and there are many mistakes.	Fair Standard rules of grammar and spelling are loosely followed and have many mistakes.	Good Standard rules of grammar and spelling are followed but with several mistakes.	Excellent Standard rules of grammar and spelling are followed with very few mistakes.
Style	Poor Paper is written with no style and does not sound like the author.	Fair Paper is written in a style not like the author, it does not sound much like the author.	Good Paper is written mostly in the style of the author and mostly sounds like the author.	Excellent Paper is written in the style of the author and sounds like the author.

Keywords:

creative, writing, mystery

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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