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Short Story Grading Rubric: Category

The document provides a rubric for grading short stories. It lists 9 categories for evaluation including setting, characters, problem/conflict, solution/resolution, dialogue, organization, creativity, mechanics, and requirements. Each category is assigned points based on whether the story is exceptional, good, fair, or poor in meeting the criteria. The highest possible total score is 100 points.

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Short Story Grading Rubric: Category

The document provides a rubric for grading short stories. It lists 9 categories for evaluation including setting, characters, problem/conflict, solution/resolution, dialogue, organization, creativity, mechanics, and requirements. Each category is assigned points based on whether the story is exceptional, good, fair, or poor in meeting the criteria. The highest possible total score is 100 points.

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Short Story Grading Rubric

CATEGORY Exceptional Good Fair Poor


Setting Many vivid, descriptive Some vivid, descriptive The reader can figure out The reader has trouble
words are used to tell words are used to tell the when and where the figuring out when and
when and where the audience when and story took place, but the where the story took
story took place. where the story took author didn't supply place.
place. much detail.
Characters The main characters are The main characters are The main characters are It is hard to tell who the
named and clearly named and described. named. The reader main characters are.
described. Most readers Most readers would have knows very little about
could describe the some idea of what the the characters.
characters accurately. characters looked like.
Problem/Conflict It is very easy for the It is fairly easy for the It is fairly easy for the It is not clear what
reader to understand the reader to understand the reader to understand the problem the main
problem the main problem the main problem the main characters face.
characters face and why characters face and why characters face but it is
it is a problem. it is a problem. not clear why it is a
problem.
Solution/Resolution The solution to the The solution to the The solution to the No solution is attempted
character's problem is character's problem is character's problem is a or it is impossible to
easy to understand, and easy to understand, and little hard to understand. understand.
is logical. There are no is somewhat logical.
loose ends.
Dialogue There is an appropriate There is too much There is not quite It is not clear which
amount of dialogue to dialogue in this story, enough dialogue in this character is speaking.
bring the characters to but it is always clear story, but it is always
life and it is always which character is clear which character is
clear which character is speaking. speaking.
speaking.
Organization The story is very well The story is pretty well The story is a little hard Ideas and scenes seem to
organized. One idea or organized. One idea or to follow. The transitions be randomly arranged.
scene follows another scene may seem out of are sometimes not clear.
in a logical sequence place. Clear transitions
with clear transitions. are used.
Creativity The story contains The story contains a few The story contains a few There is little evidence
many creative details creative details and/or creative details and/or of creativity in the story.
and/or descriptions that descriptions that descriptions, but they The author does not
contribute to the contribute to the reader's distract from the story. seem to have used much
reader's enjoyment. The enjoyment. The author The author has tried to imagination.
author has really used has used his/her use his/her imagination.
his/her imagination. imagination.
Mechanics The story contains no The story contains few The story contains many The story contains so
errors in grammar, minor errors in grammar, and/or serious errors in many errors in grammar,
usage, or mechanics. usage, or mechanics. grammar, usage, or usage, and mechanics
mechanics; may interfere that errors block reading.
with reading.
Requirements All of the written Almost all (about 90%) Most (about 75%) of the Many requirements were
requirements (typed, the written requirements written requirements not met.
double spaced, # of were met. MLA format were met, but several
pages, font, margins) were not. MLA format
were met. MLA Format
Short Story Grading Rubric
Name: ______________________

CATEGORY Points Possible Points Earned


Setting 5 4 3 2 x2
Characters 5 4 3 2 x2
Problem/Conflict 5 4 3 2 x2
Solution/Resolution 5 4 3 2 x2
Dialogue 5 4 3 2 x2
Organization 5 4 3 2 x2
Creativity 5 4 3 2 x1
Mechanics 5 4 3 2 x1
Requirements 5 4 3 2 x1
Title Page 5 4 3 2 x1

TOTAL:

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