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Descriptive Essay Rubric

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Introduction Introductoryparagraph clearlystates subject oessay andcaptures reader!sattent"on#

Introductoryparagraph statessubject o essaybut "s notpart"cularly "n$"t"ngto the reader#

Introductoryparagraphatte%pts to statesubject o essaybut does notcapture reader!sattent"on#

No atte%pt "s%ade to state thesubject o theessay "n an"ntroductoryparagraph#

Sensory Details Essay "ncludesdeta"ls that appealto at least three othe "$e senses&taste' touch'sound' s"ght's%ell(#

Includes deta"lsthat appeal toe)er than three othe "$e senses#

Includes deta"lsthat appeal to onlyone o the "$esenses#

Includes no deta"lsthat appeal to oneo the "$e senses#

Word Choice *r"ter uses $"$"d)ords andphrases that l"ngeror dra) p"ctures "nthe reader!s %"nd'and the cho"ceand place%ent othe )ords see%saccurate' naturaland not orced#

*r"ter uses $"$"d)ords andphrases that l"ngeror dra) p"ctures "nthe reader!s %"nd'but occas"onallythe )ords areused "naccuratelyor see% o$erdone#

*r"ter uses )ordsthat co%%un"cateclearly' but the)r"t"ng lac+s$ar"ety' punch orla"r#

*r"ter uses al"%"ted $ocabularythat does notco%%un"catestrongly or capturethe reader!s"nterest# ,argon orcl"ches %ay bepresent anddetract ro% the%ean"ng#

Simile/Metaphor/ersonification *r"ter eect"$elyuses s"%"le'%etaphor' andperson""cat"on todescr"be thesubject#

*r"ter uses onee-a%ple o s"%"le'%etaphor' orperson""cat"on todescr"be thesubject#

*r"ter %ay try touse s"%"le'%etaphor' andperson""cat"on butdoes so"ncorrectly#

*r"ter does not"nclude s"%"le'%etaphor' orperson""cat"on "nessay#

Sentence Structure !Sentence"luency#

All sentences are)ell.constructed)"th $ar"edstructure#

/ost sentencesare )ell.constructed )"th$ar"ed structure#

/ost sentencesare )ell.constructed butha$e a s"%"larstructure#

0entences lac+structure andappear "nco%pleteor ra%bl"ng#

$rammar% Spellin&%Capitali'ation% ( unctuation

There are noerrors "n gra%%ar'spell"ng'cap"tal"1at"on' orpunctuat"on#Rubr"c "s attachedto essay# Essay "sco%pleted ont"%e#

There are so%eerrors2 ho)e$er'these errors do notd"stract the reader#Rubr"c "s attachedto essay# Essay "sco%pleted ont"%e#

There are errorsthat d"stract thereader# Rubr"c "sattached to essay#Essay "sco%pleted ont"%e#

There are ser"ouserrors that "nterere)"th the reader!sunderstand"ng othe essay# Rubr"c"s not attached toessay# Essay "sco%pleted on t"%e#

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