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Creative Writing Mystery Short Story Creative Writing Mystery Short Story American mysteries class writes a short mystery story. Rubric Code: RB4W25 By ephelps Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Mystery Short Story
	Poor 0-3 (N/A)	Fair 4-6 (N/A)	Good 7-9 (N/A)	Excellent 10 (N/A)
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.
Mystery	Poor There is little to no element of mystery or suspense to the story.	Fair There is a small element of mystery and suspense in the story but it is not the main part of the story.	Good There is an element of mystery or suspense through most of the story.	Excellent There is a great element of mystery and suspense throughout the entire story.
Plot-Events in the story	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.
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.