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Who Am I?: Personal Narrative & Identity 
This assignment asks you to write a paper of 1000-1250 words about a moment in your life that defined an aspect of your identity. You will draw inspiration for this paper from a ‘snapshot’ or photo that reminds you of the day you became certain about that aspect of yourself or a time period when you explored a new characteristic or guiding value.
Rubric Code: RX8W76C
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Subject: Humanities  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Powered by iRubric Personal Narrative
  Good

3 pts

Fair

2 pts

Poor

1 pts

Unacceptable

0 pts

Genre

Good

Your personal narrative is about an important event or moment in your life and you wrote in first person using I, me, we, or us. Your story has a title & you make clear connections on ways this event or moment shaped an aspect of your identity.
Fair

Your personal narrative is about an important event or moment in your life and you wrote in first person using I, me, we, or us. Your story has a title and you make mostly clear connections on ways this event or moment shaped an aspect of your identity.
Poor

Your personal narrative is about an important event or moment in your life and you wrote in first person using I, me, we, or us. Your story does not have a title and you make somewhat clear connections on ways this event or moment shaped an aspect of your identity.
Unacceptable

You did not write a personal narrative about an event or moment in your life. Your story does not have a title and you do not make clear connections on ways this event or moment shaped your identity.
Snapshopt (Photo)

Good

You refer to the snapshot to share your memory of a key moment in your life that shaped your identity. The connection between the snapshot and the memory is clear and detailed.
Fair

You refer to the snapshot to share your memory of a key moment in your life that shaped your identity. The connection between the snapshot and the memory is mostly clear and but lacks some detail.
Poor

You refer to the snapshot to share your memory of a key moment in your life that shaped your identity. The connection between the snapshot and the memory is somewhat clear and lacks detail.
Unacceptable

You do not refer to a snapshot to share your memory of a key moment in your life that shaped your identity. The connection between the snapshot and the memory is not clear and lacks detail.
Organization

Good

Your personal narrative is well organized and it has all of the following elements:
-beginning
-middle/body
-element of change or personal growth
-ending
Fair

Your personal narrative is mostly organized but may be missing one of the following elements:
-beginning
-middle/body
-element of change or personal growth
-ending
Poor

Your personal narrative is somewhat organized but may be missing two of the following elements:
-beginning
-middle/body
-element of change or personal growth
-ending
Unacceptable

Your personal narrative is not organized and is missing two or more of the following elements:
-beginning
-middle/body
-element of change or personal growth
-ending
Reflection

Good

You conclude your personal narrative with a well thought out reflection on how that event or moment shaped an aspect of your identity as well as what insight you gained from telling this story.
Fair

You conclude your personal narrative with a mostly well thought out reflection on how that event or moment shaped an aspect of your identity. You somewhat explore what insight you gained from telling this story.
Poor

You conclude your personal narrative with a somewhat well thought out reflection on how that event or moment shaped an aspect of your identity. You do not explore what insight you gained from telling this story.
Unacceptable

You do not conclude your personal narrative with a reflection on how that event or moment shaped an aspect of your identity. You do not explore what insights you gained from telling this story.
Spelling & Grammar

Good

Your personal narrative has proper sentence structure. All of your sentences are complete sentences and each sentence has the correct capitalization and punctuation. Your paragraphs are between 4-6 sentences long and they are indented to assist in readability. You provide grammarly report to show you edited.
Fair

Your personal essay contains inconsistent sentence structure. Your essay contains sentence fragments or incorrect capitalization and punctuation. Your paragraphs are inconsistent--some are too long, others too short and readability is somewhat affected. You provide grammarly report to show you edited.
Poor

Your personal essay does not have proper sentence structure. It contains sentence fragments and incorrect capitalization and punctuation. You have no breaks between paragraphs and readability is somewhat affected. You do not provide grammarly report to show you edited.
Unacceptable

Your personal essay does not have proper sentence structure. It contains sentence fragments and incorrect capitalization and punctuation. You have no breaks between paragraphs and readability is greatly affected. You do not provide grammarly report to show you edited.



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