Rubric for Multigenre Papers

Title: __________________________________________

Author: ___________________

____/ 10%  Go for the Jugular/ Speak the Truthhonesty, pull no punches

 ____/ 20%  Structure
     
                 
                   
Required pieces—____/10%
                        ____ Brief informational essay, 250-300 words
                        ____ Table of Contents
                        ____ Preface/Introduction
                        ____ Microfiction
                        ____ Poetry in a contemporary style
                       
____  A visual element
                        ____  At least three crots with one exploded into a larger piece
                        ____ 
At least one character sketch
                        ____ A non-fiction piece
                        ____ A note page
                        ____
A proper bibliography (works cited)
                        ____
Unifying elements—repetend, repeated images, orthographic variation...
                    
Multitude of genres evident—____/5%
                     Formatting (all or nothing)--_____/5%
                        ____ Title
                        ____ Page numbers on each page (MLA)
                        ____ Readable fonts

___/ 50%  Quality

              
Absorbing read—_____/20%
                 
I want to forget I’m reading a student’s paper.
             
Unity/Cohesion—_____/20% 
             
Strong, grounded first genre (primary piece)—_____/10%

___/ 20%  Vividness/Energy of Writing

              Tight, sharp language—
_____/5%
              Strong Verbs—_____/5%
              Strong beginnings and endings to pieces—_____/5%
             
Appropriate spelling, punctuation_____/5%

___/ 100% Final Grade for Multigenre Research Paper