Evaluation:

Story:

• verisimilitude: a realistic evocation of character in a realistic dramatic situation
• a believable setting, a sense of time and place, use of dialogue and interaction of characters; how is this a day unlike any other day?
• dynamic dramatic action: a clear objective for your central character and clear obstacles to that objective

Personal Essay

• verisimilitude: a realistic evocation of character and setting
• the curve of an action implied in the juxtaposition of discrete moments in a life
• an implied thesis statement

Poetry:

• Sound: pay attention to the form of your poem: line length/ stanzas/ rhythm and rhyme: Does your poem's sound help communicate its content?
  
• Sense: pay attention to your choice of words (diction): are you using imagery which appeals to the reader's senses
  
• Sense: is your poem engaging? Does it reveal a theme or state of mind?