The rubric evaluates short stories based on their inclusion of literary techniques, descriptive details in each paragraph, and description of characters and senses; it also considers creativity, inclusion of literary elements, appropriate tense, and resolution.

1. Rubric for Short Stories

2. Rubric for Short Stories The short story includes literary techniques such as similes and metaphors. 4 The short story includes action, speech and descriptions in each paragraph. 3 The short story describes characters, feelings, sights, sounds, smells and flavors. 2 The short story includes lots of adjectives, adverbs and imagery all the way through. 1 No Yes Criteria #

3. Rubric for Short Stories No Yes Criteria # The short story is presented creatively in the requested format. 8 The short story includes the five literary elements. 7 The authors wrote the story using appropiate tenses in the past. 6 The authors don’t just “end” a story, but they give a solution. 5