Name:_______________________
Personal Flaw Narrative
______/100
_____/ 25
_____/ 60 Focus and Content: Narrative and the Flaw
A=60-56 B=54-49 C=48-43 D=42-37 E
 A single, complete, specific story to illustrate flaw and its negative consequences (2
pages, 12 font, double spaced)
 Multiple “showing” methods utilized to convey flaw without “telling”
 Creative, vivid diction
____/ 20 Extended metaphor A+= 20 B+=18 C+=16 D+=14 E
 Appropriate and relates to flaw
 Extended throughout piece wherever possible
 Enhances the story
____/10 Style checklist ---underline in final draft
___/2 Sentence beginning with prepositional phrase
___/2 Sentence beginning with participial phrase
___/2 Sentence beginning with adjective or adverb
___/2 Correctly used semicolon or colon
___/2 Sentence (not dialogue) of six or fewer words
____/ 10 Mechanics (-1 per error)
Dialogue, run-ons, fragments, dangling/misplaced modifiers, capitalization, punctuation,
spelling, agreement
______/ 25 Prewriting
 Initial brainstorm of possible flaws, scenarios, metaphors
 Brainstorm II and III: Show don’t tell chart and plot outline
 Draft and peer review
 Evidence of revisions and reflection (below)
Explain to me how your narrative has developed or changed as you went through the
writing process. Which steps of the process were most and least helpful to you in
developing your best work?