Mrs. Huynh-Duc
English 1-H
Short Story Final Draft RUBRIC
Follow these LUCID directions in order to earn an A!
DUE: Monday, October 7
FORMATTING20 Points
Instructions: I want these items in the following order, with your final draft and cover sheet on top. Please attach them together with a staple or paper clip. Do not put them in fancy folders.
- Cover Sheet: including your name, title of short story, date, and period
- Final Draft (Please include page numbers)
- Peer Edit sheet
- Rough Draft with Peer Edit marks
Your final draft should take this format:
Times New Roman font, size 12, one-inch margins, Double spaced, page numbers. No extra spaces in between paragraphs (to remove, go to Page Layout and change the spacing from 10 pt to 0 pt).
CONTENT60 Points
Instructions: For each literary element used in your story, HIGHLIGHT or UNDERLINE where it occurs and write in the margin the literary term used.
Does your story have a beginning, middle, and end?
Is there a climax?
Is your protagonist a well-developed character?
Did you follow Edgar Allan Poe’s four rules?
Do you use dialogue and SHOW me the action instead of TELLING me about it?
Do you incorporate fiveliterary elements and identify them on the final draft?
- Alliteration, Allusion, Foreshadowing, Hyperbole, Imagery, Irony, Symbolism, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Flashback, etc.
MECHANICS25 Points
Instructions: Proofread your paper carefully for any quotation mark problems, run-on sentences, sentence fragments, and misspelled words. Be sure your entire story stays in the SAME VERB TENSE.
Example: The quotation marks and paragraphing should look like this during dialogue.
Aaron and Lucy bumped into each other at a coffee shop one early Tuesday morning.“Hi, Lucy, how are you?” asked Aaron.
“I’m fine, Aaron,” replied Lucy. “What have you been up to lately?”
Aaron shrugged. “Not much, just goofing off.”
“Do you want to sit down?” asked Lucy, gesturing to a nearby table.
“Sure.”
The two meandered to a table in the corner. Sitting across from one another, their eyes awkwardly remained focused on the aromatic steam seeping up from their coffee cups.
EGREGIOUS ERRORS
For each Egregious Error that makes an appearance, you lose 5 POINTS. Be sure to proofread!
Check to make sure you haven’t committed any of the followingEgregious Errors:
There, Their, and They’re
To, Too, and Two
Your and You’re
Buy, By, ‘Bye
It’s and Its
Effect vs. Affect
Text has not been organized in paragraphs
Proper Nouns are not properly capitalized
Defiantly (instead of definitely)
Alright (instead of all right)
Judgement (instead of judgment)
Overuse of exclamation points
Commas missing before nouns of address (example: “Hey Bob” instead of “Hey, Bob”)
Incorrect apostrophes with plural words (example: I have paper’s to grade)
Missing apostrophes with possessive nouns (example: I have Franks shoes)
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