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
