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Creative Writing Mystery Short Story Creative Writing Mystery Short Story Rubric Code: S4BWB3 By abrewer17 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Assignment Grade Levels: (none)

Mystery Short Story
	Poor 5 pts	Good 10 pts	Excellent 15 pts
Setting	Poor There is no description of the setting other than a mention of where the story takes place.	Good The setting is briefly described with little detail. The setting is not realistic	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.	Good Characters are developed only slightly. Characters are not very realistic or believable. Characters have little personaility.	Excellent Characters are fully developed. Characters are realistic and believable. Characters have personaility and depth.
Plot	Poor The plot is not developed and follows no specific path.	Good The plot is loosely developed and has many holes. It does not follow a path or the plot diagram.	Excellent The plot is fully developed and follows a specific path from beginning to end. It clearly follows a plot diagram.
Mystery	Poor There is little to no element of mystery to the story.	Good There is a small element of mystery in the story but it is not the main part of the story.	Excellent There is a great elelment of mystery throughout the entire story. The story is well built and follows principles of mystery.
Clues	Poor Story has very clues which makes the mystery very hard to solve.	Good The story had 1-2 clues that help the detective solve the mystery.	Excellent The story has many clues that make the story flow and makes the mystery more interesting. And helps the detective solve the mystery.
Grammar	Poor Standard rules of grammar and spelling are not followed and there are many mistakes.	Good Standard rules of grammar and spelling are loosely followed and have many mistakes.	Excellent Standard rules of grammar and spelling are followed with very few mistakes.