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Personal Narrative 
Rubric Code: H33AB5
By ARMarshall
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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4 pts


3 pts


2 pts


1 pts

Introduction

4

Engaging opening (hook) that grabs
reader’s attention
• Clear concrete information that
effectively establishes the
background of the narrative
• Hints at the significance of the
experience and sets up the purpose
statement
3

• Takes reader into account but
does not grab their attention, does not establish a solid hook
• Some concrete background
information supplied
• Hints at significance of experience in a general way
2

• Partially successful at addressing
reader’s interest
• Partial background information
• Unrelated significance of
experience, no clear purpose given
1

• Lacks engaging opening and fails to interest reader
• Missing or irrelevant
background information
• Significance of experience not
addressed
People, Places, Events

Body
4

• Plenty of details, including concrete
sensory details and dialogue about
people, places, and events that create
effective images
3

• Some details about people, places, and events
• Several details not concrete or clear
2

• Few details about people, places,
and events
• Details confusing
1

• Minimal description of people, places and events
Order of Events

Body
4

• Clear chronological order (or flashback) with transitional words that suggest changes in time
3

• Events are related mostly in
chronological order
2

• Some chronological events in order, while other events seem out of place
1

• Events are related in random order
Narrator’s Thoughts and Feelings

Body
4

• Details about narrator’s thoughts and feelings are included, sometimes
through interior monologue
3

• Some details about narrator’s thoughts and feelings are
included
2

• Narrator’s thoughts and feelings must be inferred
1

• Narrator’s thought and feelings are missing from narrative
Vivid Language and Action Verbs

Body
4

• Precise, vivid, descriptive language
shows the scene and brings it to life
3

Precise language is frequently used but not vividly enough to
completely show the scene
2

• Precise, vivid language is sparse
1

• Language is vague and unclear
Conclusion

4

• Reflects what was specifically learned or change as a result of the experience and reveals its
significance
3

• General reflection at what was learned or changed as a result of the experience and its
significance
2

• Significance of the experience seems unrelated to narrative
1

• Conclusion omits any reference to the significance of the
experience
Mechanics

Language Conventions
4

• Standard English spelling, punctuation, capitalization,
grammar, usage, diction, and MLA
manuscript form used appropriately
throughout the essay
3

• Standard English spelling, punctuation, capitalization,
grammar, usage, diction, and MLA manuscript form used
appropriately throughout the
essay, with some errors.
2

• Inconsistent use of standard English spelling, punctuation,
capitalization, grammar, usage,
diction, and MLA manuscripts form disrupts reader’s
comprehension
1

• Minimal use of Standard English
spelling, punctuation,
capitalization, grammar, usage,
diction, and MLA manuscript form confuses the reader.
Sentence Fluency and Organization

Language Conventions
4

• Standard English sentence and
paragraph structure (complete, correct, varied sentences, welldeveloped
paragraphs) used
appropriately
3

• Standard English sentence and paragraph structure (complete, correct, varied sentences, welldeveloped
paragraphs) used
appropriately, with some errors
2

• Inconsistent use of standard English sentence and paragraph structure (complete, correct,
varied sentences, well-developed
paragraphs) disrupts the reader’s
comprehension
1

• Minimal use of standard English
sentence and paragraph structure
(complete, correct, varied sentences, well-developed
paragraphs) confuses the reader




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