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Analyzing Short Story Elements Essay Rubric 
Rubric Code: Y339A2
By dsikesii
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Public Rubric
Subject: English  
Type: Assignment  
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12, Undergraduate

Powered by iRubric Short Story Elements Essay Rubric
  Poor

1 pts

Fair

2 pts

Good

3 pts

Excellent

4 pts

Introduction

Poor

Introduction fails to capture the reader's attention or sufficiently interduce the topic. Thesis statement/controlling idea is missing. Story's Author and Title may not be mentioned.
Fair

Introduction is present and topic is introduced, but does not capture the reader's attention. Thesis statement/controlling idea may be present but is unclear or hard to locate. Story's Author and Title may or may not be mentioned.
Good

Introduction somewhat captures the reader's attention and somewhat interduces the topic. Thesis statement/controlling idea is present but not easy to find. Story's Author and Title is mentioned.
Excellent

Introduction captures the reader's attention by using some type of grabber and sufficiently interduces the topic. Thesis statement / controlling idea is clear and easy to find. Story's Author and Title is mentioned.
Body 1

Poor

Key points are unclear. No topic sentences are evident. No use of direct quotations or paraphrases are evident. Elaboration may be lacking or not evident.
Fair

More than one key point may be covered in each paragraph and may be unclear because there are no topic sentences. Use of a paraphrased or direct quotation from the story may be present but unclear. Elaboration is lacking or not present.
Good

One key point is covered in each paragraph and that is somewhat evident in topic sentences. Use of a paraphrased or direct quotation from the story are present but do not clearly support statements. Elaboration may be present but lack explaination of evidence of each key point.
Excellent

One key point is covered in each paragraph and that is clearly evident in topic sentences. Use of a paraphrased or direct quotation from the story supports statements. Elaboration is evident through explaination of evidence of each key point. ("this makes the story better/more interesting because" . . .)
Body 2

Poor

Key points are unclear. No topic sentences are evident. No use of direct quotations or paraphrases are evident. Elaboration may be lacking or not evident.
Fair

More than one key point may be covered in each paragraph and may be unclear because there are no topic sentences. Use of a paraphrased or direct quotation from the story may be present but unclear. Elaboration is lacking or not present.
Good

One key point is covered in each paragraph and that is somewhat evident in topic sentences. Use of a paraphrased or direct quotation from the story are present but do not clearly support statements. Elaboration may be present but lack explaination of evidence of each key point.
Excellent

One key point is covered in each paragraph and that is clearly evident in topic sentences. Use of a paraphrased or direct quotation from the story supports statements. Elaboration is evident through explaination of evidence of each key point. ("this makes the story better/more interesting because" . . .)
Body 3

Poor

Key points are unclear. No topic sentences are evident. No use of direct quotations or paraphrases are evident. Elaboration may be lacking or not evident.
Fair

More than one key point may be covered in each paragraph and may be unclear because there are no topic sentences. Use of a paraphrased or direct quotation from the story may be present but unclear. Elaboration is lacking or not present.
Good

One key point is covered in each paragraph and that is somewhat evident in topic sentences. Use of a paraphrased or direct quotation from the story are present but do not clearly support statements. Elaboration may be present but lack explaination of evidence of each key point.
Excellent

One key point is covered in each paragraph and that is clearly evident in topic sentences. Use of a paraphrased or direct quotation from the story supports statements. Elaboration is evident through explaination of evidence of each key point. ("this makes the story better/more interesting because" . . .)
Conclusion

Poor

Thesis is not restated. Key points are not sumarized. No thoughful statement connecting this story to real life is evident.
Fair

Thesis is restated exactly as stated in the introduction. Key points are mentioned and not sumarized. Thoughful statement connecting this story to real life is attempted.
Good

Thesis is stated in a fresh, new way. Key points are mentioned and somewhat sumarized. Thoughful statement connecting this story to real life is clear and somewhat relevant.
Excellent

Thesis is stated in a fresh, new way. Key points are mentioned and completely sumarized. Thoughful statement connecting this story to real life is clear and relevant. (So clear, in fact, that someone reading might say to themselves "WOW, that's true; I hadn't thought about that.)




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