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04 • reviewing rubric

I'm so sorry this rubric came super late.

Cover (/5) -- you're going to be judging the books by their covers; the mark is out of five.

Title (/5) -- does the title go well with the story? Mark it out of five as well.

Burb (/10) -- blurb is another word for summary in case anyone was wondering. They're one of the main parts of a book. How would you rate the summary out of ten?

Plot (/10) -- what about the entire plot of the book? What do you rate it out of ten?

Character Development (/10) -- I doubt characters are going to have much development on just chapter five, so rate on the personalities, the descriptions of the characters and such things like that.

Are the characters written in an awesome way, or do they still need some work?

Creativity/Originality (/10) -- how original is the plot of the story? Have you read the same type of plot somewhere else? Is the story cliche, or is it a story made completely fresh?

Vocabulary/Grammar/Spelling (/20) -- now, how is the writing style? Are there too many grammar errors? Does the author need a bigger and better vocabulary? How is the spelling? Or, is the author writing with precision and doesn't make grammar errors?

Enjoyment (/10) -- this is where your own opinion of the book really comes through. How did you enjoy the book, personally?

Overall Impression (/20) -- what was your overall impression of the book? Was it better than you expected? Do you think it still needs a lot of work? Would you recommend it to other people? Rate this out of twenty.

(this is your long review).

Total (/100) -- add up all the marks from above and tally it up to get one mark.

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Judging Criteria for Poetry

Cover (/10) -- you're going to be judging the books by their covers; the mark is out of ten.

Title (/10) -- does the title go well with the poem? Mark this out of ten as well.

Writing Style/Tone/Rhyme Scheme (/20) -- not all poems rhyme, but the ones that do, do they? How well does the poem flow? What emotions do you get from it.

Creativity/Originality (/10) -- how original is the poem? Have you read the same type of poem somewhere else? Is the poem cliche, or is it a poem made completely fresh?

Vocabulary/Grammar/Spelling (/20) -- now, how is the writing style? Are there too many grammar errors? Does the author need a bigger and better vocabulary? How is the spelling? Or, is the author writing with precision and doesn't make grammar errors?

Enjoyment (/10) -- this is where your own opinion of the book really comes through. How did you enjoy the book, personally?

Overall Impression (/20) -- what was your overall impression of the book? Was it better than you expected? Do you think it still needs a lot of work? Would you recommend it to other people? Rate this out of twenty.
(this is your long review)

Total (/100) -- add up all the marks from above and tally it up to get one mark.

[ short + long review ]

(this goes for the stories and poetries)

As I stated above, you will give each criteria a short review, and then give a longer review for the entire book at the end.

When writing short reviews, your short paragraph should only be focused on one thing: the criteria you're talking about.

So, it could be cover, title, or originality. In other words, you'll have seven short reviews (poetries) or nine short reviews (stories) according to what you're judging.

For example; "I rate the cover a 3.5/5 because although some parts of it sets the same mood as the story, I believe that the title could have been in a different font to fit the genre. For example, the genre is horror, so perhaps the title could have been in bold, scary letters.

(This is just an example). But this is how short reviews should be like (maybe, shorter, it should be okay). They should focus on one criteria (cover, title, enjoyment, etc).

But no matter what category you're judging, every judge should have one long review, and this review is basically wrapping everything up. The long review is your overall impression of the entire book.

This review should include:

a brief summary of what the book is about.

what you thought about the book in total.

the areas of strengths in the book (basically, where the writer did really good).

the areas of weaknesses in the book (basically, where the writer still needs work).

check out the description for overall impression written above. it explains more.

Unless stated otherwise by the costumers in their forms, please hand in your reviews in this format. (Some people don't want scores on their review, please be mindful of that).

Please Note : reviews should NOT be sent as a comment or posted on my message board or the customer's message board, otherwise, they will not be accessed. Send me the reviews through gmail or discord (gmail account listed in bio & you can ask me for the link to the server if not in it already). Or private message the reviews to the correct customer, if that's what they requested for.

Reviewers, make sure you give reviews with content, and not reviews such as "nice book" or "I think this story needs some work."

Go into detail.

Every review must have the area of strengths of the book and the area of weaknesses.