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POETRY Description Emotion Format and Voice Figurative Connected to

RUBRIC Structure Language Theme


(similes,
metaphors,
hyperbole)
A *Vivid words and *Honest * Purposeful line *Poem’s speaker is * Similes and *Embodies
phrases *Realistic endings believable and sounds metaphors are theme
*Unique words * Reader is captured * Flows easily from unique meaningful and *Speaks to
*Effective imagery by emotions one idea to the next make sense thematic ideas
*Reader feels displayed * Rhyme and rhythm
totally “there” follow a pattern
B *Some unique *Somewhat honest * Purposeful line *Figurative
words *Realistic endings language is
*Some imagery * Reader feels * Flow is somewhat common and
*Reader somewhat scattered surface level
occasionally feels connected * Rhyme attempts to
“there” follow pattern
C *Only one or two * Well intended * Line endings are *Sounds like *Attempts at *Somewhat
vivid phrases * May not be occasionally everybody else figurative embodies theme
*Attempt at realistic purposeful language, most
imagery, but no * Attempt at reader * Rhyme patterns make sense
sparkle connection don’t exist

D *Everyday words * No real connection * Random flow is not *Figurative


and phrases * Well intended effective language doesn’t
*Some words used * Not realistic * Line endings have make sense or
incorrectly little purpose relate to poem’s
topic

F *No imagery or * Cheesy or * Random line *Doesn’t make sense *Figurative *No connection
description unrealistic: cliché endings language is to theme
*Words are used * No connection * No rhythm or missing
incorrectly whatsoever rhyme

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