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The main characters are named and clearly described in text as well as pictures. Most readers could describe the characters accurately.
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The main characters are named and described. Most readers would have some idea of what the characters looked like.
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The main characters are named. The reader knows very little about the characters.
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It is hard to tell who the main characters are.
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Many vivid, descriptive words are used to tell when and where the story took place.
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Some vivid, descriptive words are used to tell the audience when and where the story took place.
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The reader can figure out when and where the story took place, but the author didn\\'t supply much detail.
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The reader has trouble figuring out when and where the story took place.
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It is very easy for the reader to understand the problem the main characters face and why it is a problem.
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It is fairly easy for the reader to understand the problem the main characters face and why it is a problem.
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It is fairly easy for the reader to understand the problem the main characters face but it is not clear why it is a problem.
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It is not clear what problem the main characters face.
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Several action verbs (active voice) are used to describe what is happening in the story. The story seems exciting!
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Several action verbs are used to describe what is happening in the story, but the word choice doesn\\'t make the story as exciting as it could be.
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A variety of verbs (passive voice) are used and describe the action accurately but not in a very exciting way.
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Little variety seen in the verbs that are used. The story seems a little boring.
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The solution to the character\\'s problem is easy to understand, and is logical. There are no loose ends.
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The solution to the character\\'s problem is easy to understand, and is somewhat logical.
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The solution to the character\\'s problem is a little hard to understand.
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No solution is attempted or it is impossible to understand.
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There are no spelling or punctuation errors in the final draft. Character and place names that the author invented are spelled consistently throughout.
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There is one spelling or punctuation error in the final draft.
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There are 2-3 spelling and punctuation errors in the final draft.
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The final draft has more than 3 spelling and punctuation errors.
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The story is very well organized. One idea or scene follows another in a logical sequence with clear transitions.
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The story is pretty well organized. One idea or scene may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used.
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The story is a little hard to follow. The transitions are sometimes not clear.
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Ideas and scenes seem to be randomly arranged.
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The entire story is related to the assigned topic and allows the reader to understand much more about the topic.
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Most of the story is related to the assigned topic. The story wanders off at one point, but the reader can still learn something about the topic.
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Some of the story is related to the assigned topic, but a reader does not learn much about the topic.
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No attempt has been made to relate the story to the assigned topic.
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The story contains many creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader\\'s enjoyment. The author has really used his imagination.
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The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader\\'s enjoyment. The author has used his imagination.
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The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions, but they distract from the story. The author has tried to use his imagination.
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There is little evidence of creativity in the story. The author does not seem to have used much imagination.
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The final draft of the story is readable, clean, neat and attractive. It is free of erasures and crossed-out words. It looks like the author took great pride in it.
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The final draft of the story is readable, neat and attractive. It may have one or two erasures, but they are not distracting. It looks like the author took some pride in it.
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The final draft of the story is readable and some of the pages are attractive. It looks like parts of it might have been done in a hurry.
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The final draft is not neat or attractive. It looks like the student just wanted to get it done and didn\\'t care what it looked like.
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Original illustrations are detailed, attractive, creative and relate to the text on the page.
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Original illustrations are somewhat detailed, attractive, and relate to the text on the page.
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Original illustrations relate to the text on the page.
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Illustrations are not present OR they are not original.
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