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Personal Narrative Writing Rubric 

 
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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