Spoken Word Poetry Rubric
Name: _______________ Strand/Section: _______________
Exceeding Standards
Creativity & Originality Poems are creative and original. It is
20 points evident that the poet put thought into
his or her words and uniquely
conveyed his or her ideas and
emotions.
18-20 points
Sensory Details Vivid, detailed images and intensely
15 points felt emotion make the poems come
alive.
13-15 points
Length requirement 3 minutes or less in length
20 points 18-20 points
Poetic Devices Poems demonstrate a clear
15 points understanding and noted use of a
variety of poetic devices (alliteration,
assonance, consonance, metaphor,
meter, onomatopoeia, personification,
point of view, repetition, rhyme,
simile, stanza, etc.).
13-15 points
Performance Performance was emotional and the
30 points performer had great stage presence.
30 points
Meeting Standards Approaching Standards Below Standards
Poems are thoughtful and creative. A Most of the poem is creative, but Poems appear to be
couple of phrases or ideas may be appears to be rushed. This is evident in thoughtless or rushed. Work is
revisited, but the overall product is the poet's redundancy or use of cliches. very repetitive, and ideas are
carefully written. unoriginal.
11-14 points
15-17 points 8-10 points
Clear sensory images are used to Some use of image, idea, or emotion. Difficult to visualize image or
portray ideas or emotions. emotion.
7-9 points
10-12 points 0-6 points
2 minutes and 30 seconds or less in 2 minutes or less in length 1 minute and 30 seconds or
length 11-14 points less in length
15-17 points 8-10 points
Poems demonstrate a fair Poems use several poetic devices Poems show little evidence or
understanding and use of a variety of repetitively but do not demonstrate a understanding of use of poetic
poetic devices (alliteration, assonance, broad understanding of their use in devices.
consonance, metaphor, meter, poetry. 0-6 points
onomatopoeia, 7-9 points
personification, point of view,
repetition, rhyme, simile, stanza, etc.).
10-12 points
Performance was done well, but the Performance lacked emotion and stage Performance was not given.
performer could have improved stage presence. 0 points
presence. Performance lacked 10 points
believability.
20 points