Adapted from a rubric by youseemore
Total points possible = 50 points
- Ideas/Organization/Content—20 points
- Setting, characters, and plot are fully fleshed out, vibrant, and connected
- Flow of action is logical and deliberate
- Uses multiple subplots (if appropriate)
- Plot is original/creative/imaginative
- Uses symbolism or subtext
- Ending is effective, fitting, and provides a sense of completion
- Style/Voice—15 points
- Vivid and imaginative descriptive details are present
- Writing reflects a unique, consistent personal voice
- Writing (when appropriate) incorporates/weaves/experiments with
different styles
- Word Choice / Sentence Fluency—10 points
- Word choice is inventive, sophisticated, and appropriate for work
- Word choice is consciously appropriate and deliberate for character
- Sentences read smoothly making it easy to decipher meaning
- Sentence structure is varied and complex
- Sentence structure is deliberately manipulated in a sophisticated manner to
affect style - Dialogue (when present) is effective/appropriate/believable
- Conventions—5 points
- Spelling is correct throughout piece
- Punctuation is used correctly
- Punctuation is deliberately manipulated in a sophisticated manner to
affect style - Format and presentation is correct/professional (Times New Roman, size
12, double spaced)