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The Rubric Bank — with all five levels

234 written Arabic criteria, each with five anchors describing exactly what separates one level from the next. These are the same criteria your work is measured against — open to read before you pay anything.

Having your own work read against one criterion (optional):

Price: 7 SAR · Included in Pro & Artist Plus · First one free — Pricing details

Art
Skill
Level

35 criteria

ACT-B-01 Expression Beginner
Verbal Clarity

Word clarity and ability to understand without listener effort

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ACT-B-03 Expression Beginner
Recitation Rhythm

Variation in recitation speed and pause timing

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ACT-B-04 Expression Beginner
Vocal Tone Variation

Varying voice pitch to serve expression and avoid monotony

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ACT-B-05 Expression Beginner
Emotional Authenticity in Performance

Conveying genuine emotions convincing and moving the listener

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ACT-B-07 Expression Beginner
Pause Control

Timing silence between sentences and words to serve meaning and impact

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ACT-B-10 Expression Beginner
Volume Dynamics

Intentional variation in vocal power between whisper and projection to serve meaning

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ACT-B-11 Expression Beginner
Emphasis & Stress

Highlighting key words through vocal stress to clarify the intended meaning

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ACT-B-12 Expression Beginner
Emotional Transition

Convincingly shifting between emotional states without contrived jumps

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ACT-B-14 Expression Beginner
Presence & Engagement

The performance's ability to hold the listener's attention and keep them engaged

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ACT-I-01 Expression Intermediate
Breath Support & Phrase Length

Diaphragmatic breath and carrying a phrase on one breath without the voice cutting or its energy dropping at line ends.

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ACT-I-03 Expression Intermediate
Arabic Articulation (Makhārij)

Pronouncing Arabic letters from their correct points (pharyngeal, emphatic, qalqala) without swallowing word endings.

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CAL-B-07 Expression Beginner
Stroke Flow and Letter Connection

How smoothly the pen moves between connected letters, with no unintended stops or breaks in the ligature — judged by a vision model pointing at a specific location in the image, never a generic impression

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CRT-B-08 Expression Beginner
Avoiding Purple Prose

Whether the text is free of ornate, purely decorative phrasing that carries no actual information or judgment about the work

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CRT-B-14 Expression Beginner
Clarity and Logic of the Argument

Whether the critical argument follows a clear logical line from observation to conclusion, rather than containing unjustified inferential leaps

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DRW-B-08 Expression Beginner
Movement Expression

Conveying sense of movement and vitality in a static work

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DRW-M-02 Expression Intermediate
Psychological Expression

Ability to convey a psychological state or deep emotion through the work

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DSG-B-11 Expression Beginner
Iconography Clarity

Designing symbols and icons understood instantly without explanation

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MUS-B-03 Expression Beginner
Dynamics

Controlling and varying volume level in a deliberate manner

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MUS-B-04 Expression Beginner
Musical Expression

Conveying a feeling or meaning to the listener through musical performance

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MUS-M-01 Expression Intermediate
Timbre Control

Controlling sound quality and color to serve musical expression

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MUS-M-05 Expression Intermediate
Performance Presence

Musician's complete presence in the moment during performance

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MUS-M-07 Expression Intermediate
Listener Communication

Musician's ability to create genuine dialogue with their listeners

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MUS-M-11 Expression Intermediate
Ornamentation (Ṭarab)

Using vocal/instrumental ornaments (vibrato, glides between quarter-tones, repeats) at climax and tonic points.

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PHO-B-04 Expression Beginner
Content & Message

Clarity of what image wants to say and its ability to convey it

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