Resolutions and Themes Assessment

Step 1: The Final Draft

Include the final draft of your historical fiction narrative below. Use this checklist to be
sure you have included all required elements:
 a well-organized plot that provides artistic unity
 an exposition that introduces a protagonist and a setting
 rising action that introduces the conflict and two events that develop the conflict
 a climax in which the protagonist decides how to resolve their conflict
 falling action that reveals what happens after the protagonist’s decision
 a resolution that reveals a universal theme
 a development of multiple perspectives through the use of at least three
narrative techniques (description, dialogue, flashback, foreshadowing,
juxtaposition, pacing, or stream of consciousness narration)

Exposition
Rising
Action
Climax
Falling
Action
Resolution

Step 2: Reflection
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Reflection Question My Response

Explain why your narrative
qualifies as historical fiction.
Reference the characters,
conflict, and setting.
Which three narrative
techniques (dialogue,
flashback, foreshadowing,
juxtaposition, pacing, stream
of consciousness, or narration)
did you use? How did they
develop multiple
perspectives?

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 What is the universal theme of
your narrative? How was it
developed from the exposition
to the resolution?

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Resolutions and Themes Rubric
On Target Almost There Needs Improvement
10-8 points 7-6 points 5-0 points

It immediately  It attempts to engage  It does not engage or

engages the reader the reader by orient the reader; the
by establishing a establishing a setting, situation is unclear,
setting (time, place, major and minor the narrator is not
and mood), major characters, a clear introduced, and the
Exposition and minor characters, narrator, and point of characters are poorly
(10 points) a clear narrator, and view. developed.
point of view.  It provides some  It may be missing
 It provides ample background background
background information to information that will
information to advance the plot and advance the plot and
advance the plot and prepare the reader prepare the reader
prepare the reader for what’s to come. for what’s to come.
for what’s to come.
20-16 points 15-11 points 10-0 points

 It uses a clear  It attempts to use a  It may be missing a

purposeful sequence sequence of events, sequence of events
of events, including including at least one that unfold naturally
two incidents in the incident in the rising according to the plot
Body rising action, which action, which unfold diagram. 
(Rising unfold naturally.  naturally.   The type of conflict is
Action &  The type of conflict  There is an attempt unclear, and the
Climax) is clear, and the at revealing the type conflict is
(20 points) conflict is well of conflict. underdeveloped.
developed.  It attempts to include  It may be missing a
 There is an evident a climax in which the climax in which the
climax in which the protagonist makes a protagonist makes a
protagonist makes a decision to resolve decision to resolve
decision to resolve their conflict. their conflict.
their conflict.
Falling 15-12 points 11-9 points 8-0 points
Action &
Resolution  The falling action  The falling action  The ending seems
(15 points) clearly flows from the somewhat flows from abrupt, with many
climax, and the the climax, and the questions left for the
conflict is resolved. conflict is resolved. reader.

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  The theme is  The theme is  It may be missing a
revealed in the somewhat revealed theme that clearly
resolution and clearly in the resolution and reveals the lesson
reflects the lesson reflects the lesson learned by the
learned by the learned by the characters and/or
characters and/or characters and/or reader.
reader. reader.
15-12 points 11-9 points 8-0 points

Narrative  At least three  At least two narrative  At least one narrative

Technique narrative techniques
s are present and
(15 points) clearly develop
multiple perspectives
in the narrative.
10-8 points
techniques are technique is present
present and  The narrative
somewhat develop techniques vaguely
multiple perspectives develop multiple
in the narrative. perspectives.
7-6 points 5-0 points

 There are virtually no  There are a few  There are several

spelling, punctuation, spelling, punctuation, spelling, punctuation,
Grammar
or grammatical or grammatical or grammatical
(10 points)
errors.  errors.   errors.  
 The dialogue is  The dialogue is  The dialogue is
correctly formatted. mostly formatted incorrectly formatted.
correctly.
30-24 points 23-18 points 17-0 points

 They thoroughly and  They attempted to  They may be missing

insightfully respond to all three responses to two or
responded to all reflection questions more of the reflection
Reflection three reflection and may have questions.
(30 points)
questions in included examples
complete sentences from their narrative
and included where needed.
examples from their
narrative as needed.

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