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Short Story/Personal Narrative Short Story/Personal Narrative Narrative Story Composition Rubric Code: V75B38 By mrwest Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Narrative Story
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Basics 2 pts	Needs Some Work 1 pts
Setting	Excellent The setting (time and place) is well developed using descriptive language.	Good The setting (time and place) is somewhat developed, but could benefit from more descriptive language.	Basics The setting (time and place) is mentioned but not fully developed.	Needs Some Work There is no mention of the setting (time and place) in the story.
Plot	Excellent Well-developed Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution. Story is clear and easy to read.	Good Story has an understandable plot including Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.	Basics Story has an unclear Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution. Leaves reader questioning and needing more information.	Needs Some Work Story has no clear beginning or end. Story doesn't really flow or make sense to the reader.
Conflict	Excellent There is a conflict developed throughout the story. The conflict is clearly and cleverly resolved in the end.	Good There is a conflict developed in the story but the conflict is loosely resolved or unclear.	Basics Both the conflict developed in the story and the resolution are confusing and unclear.	Needs Some Work There is no clear conflict in this story or resolution of a conflict.
Dialogue	Excellent Dialogue is well developed and varied. The characters seem to speak with different voices.	Good There is some good dialogue in the story; however, its is not well developed or varied.	Basics There is little dialogue present in the story, and characters voices are seemingly identical.	Needs Some Work There is no dialogue present in the story.
Grammar	Excellent Almost no spelling to punctuation errors that cloud meaning. Writing is clear and easy to understand. Story is descriptive and includes creative use of language.	Good Few spelling or punctuation errors. Writing is clear and easy to understand, but writing could be improved, by editing. Story includes some description and creative use of language.	Basics Too many spelling and punctuation errors. Writing is clear and readable. Story contains few descriptions and little creative use of language.	Needs Some Work Major spelling and punctuation errors. Writing is unclear and hard to read. Story does not contain descriptions or creative use of language.