Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Criteria Exemplary: 4 Proficient: 3 Developing: 2 Beginning: 1
Narrative Strong hook makes the reader Good hook as a lead, which Lead is confusing or Lead is unimaginative, too
Description want to find out more about could be improved. The misleading and needs more obvious or lacks a complete
exciting details that are divulged. reader is offered engaging detail. The author framed a introduction. The author
The author created a narrative details to entice them to story that has partially presents a situation, but is
with well-developed characters continue. The author developed characters and a missing structure and detail
who change through conflict and created a narrative that has basic conflict, but does not to create the characters,
used the story to comment on a realistic characters, deliver a complete idea, conflict, and ideas of a
social issue, teach a lesson, or conflict, and change that lesson, or theme through the complete narrative.
develop a point of view. develops an idea, lesson, or experience.
theme.
Figurative The narrative features The narrative features The narrative features some The narrative does not
Language accomplished use of figurative appropriate use of application of figurative feature figurative language
language, including figurative language, language through through personification and
personification that creates including personification, personification and symbols symbols or motifs, or the
symbols, parallels and motifs. symbols, and motifs that or motifs. The usage of usage of technique is
are creative and clearly technique is unclear at times. incorrect.
articulated.
Organization Story has excellent structure and Story has structure and Story has some structure Story structure is greatly
is well organized. Length of paper organization, but may lack evident but at times is hard to lacking, interfering with
is appropriate and flows smoothly unity because of occasional follow or is not well reader’s ability to
from one idea to the next. confusing details. Good organized. A few instances of understand. Writing is too
Author’s voice is clearly evident ideas that flow evenly with clutter or not enough short/long and loses focus
and piece is thoughtful and well distinctive features. elaboration, but parts flows because of irrelevant detail
placed in a sophisticated and Author’s voice and evenly. Author’s voice is or no elaboration. Author’s
compelling style. personality is evident and developing and shows effort voice is not evident and
effort developed a that would benefit from lacks personal narrative
captivating story. further crafting of personal voice and style that must be
voice and style. revised through details.
Grammar & Writing uses rich and Writing uses good word Writing has simplistic word Writing has too simplistic
Conventions sophisticated word choice and choice and some varied choice and some words are at word choice and is far too
varied language throughout. Story wording. Story has a few times repetitive. Story is repetitive. Paper is difficult
is well written using assorted sentence structures that somewhat difficult to to read because of too
sentence structures that create a lack in variety or understand as there are many simplistic sentence
smooth rhythm. Grammar, complexity. Grammar, poorly constructed sentences structure and/or many
spelling, and punctuation are well spelling, and punctuation or fragments. Grammar, fragments. Grammar,
proofread with few to no errors. reflect some mistakes with spelling, and punctuation spelling, and punctuation
3 to 4 errors. reflect 5 to 6 errors. show frequent errors.
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