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SOL Scoring Domains
Your SOL writing sample will be sent to Richmond and will be scored there by a person trained in looking at writing to evaluate three different kinds of writing skills. each of these skills is a domain as explained in the chart below.
| COMPOSITION | WRITTEN EXPRESSION | MECHANICS |
| central theme | imagery | complete sentences |
| stick to the theme | ..5 senses | ..combining sentences |
| order of information | ..freeze frame | ..comma splices |
| “flow” | figurative language | paragraphing |
| | | punctuation |
| | | capitalization |
| | | spelling |
As we examine and practice different kinds of writing, we will become familiar with what these readers in Richmond look for so that you can be sure that your own SOL written sample will be a good one.
5 Kinds of SOL Writing
Your Virginia state SOL writing prompt will ask you to write about a particular topic. The topic will dictate a particular kind of writing. As we work through the course, you will learn to analyze a prompt to see what kind of writing will best answer it so that your writing sample will be scored highly by that person in Richmond.
There are five kinds of writing that an SOL prompt will ask for. Some of them can be used within others, for instance expository writing can be used in a persuasive essay when you give the reasons for your opinion.
The following table shows the basic tools and structures of the five different kinds of writing:
| DESCRIPTIVE | EXPOSITORY | NARRATIVE | PERSUASIVE | RESPONDING TO A QUOTE |
| Imagery | Types of Specific Info | Exposition | What It's Like Now | Re-state the Quote |
| . . 5 senses | . . examples | . . title | Your Plan | Agree or Disagree |
| . . freeze frame | . . an incident | . . characters | . . give reasons | Connect to |
| . . TALOS | . . reasons | . . setting | . . troubleshoot | . . historic time |
| Figurative Language | . . facts & data | . . basic situation | Call to Action | . . our world |
| . . imagery | . . statistics | Narrative Hook | | . . your life |
| . . simile & metaphor | Order of Specific Info | Complications | | . . an anecdote |
| . . extended metaphor | . . chronological | Climax/Conflict | | The Lesson |
| . . personification | . . physical direction | Falling Action |
| . . onomatopoeia | . . importance | Denouement |
| . . hyperbole | . . compare & contrast | Theme |
| . . oxymoron | . . cause & effect** |
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