tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88499012011-04-21T13:37:07.466-07:00bgraham78http://www.blogger.com/profile/06080579173740782579noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849901.post-1098734634076702042004-10-25T13:36:00.000-07:002004-11-04T12:57:09.800-08:00<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"></span></strong> <br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"></span></strong> <br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"></span></strong> <br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;">YOUR RESPONSE TO THE ESSAY QUESTION</span></strong> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1. HOW WELL DO YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR TOPIC? <br />2. DO YOU HAVE A CLEARLY DEFINED THESIS STATEMENT? <br />3. ARE YOU KEEPING IN MIND THAT YOUR AUDIENCE WILL BE COLLEGE ENGLISH INSTRUCTORS? <br />4. IS YOUR ESSAY TOO FORMAL? <br />5. TOO INFORMAL? <br />6. ARE YOU CHATTING TO A FRIEND RATHER THAN WRITING FOR AN ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR? <br />7. IS YOUR ESSAY TOO PERSONAL? <br /></span> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">PROPER DEVELOPMENT</span></strong> <br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1. ARE YOU PROPERLY SUPPORTING YOUR THESIS WITH RELEVANT AND SPECIFIC INFORMATION? <br />2. IS YOUR SUPPORTING EVIDENCE TOO GENERAL? <br />3. TOO VAGUE? <br />4. DOES ALL YOUR INFORMATION DIRECTLY SUPPORT YOUR THESIS? <br />5. ARE YOU PROPERLY BALANCING BETWEEN RELEVANT SUPPORTIVE INFORMATION AND YOUR OWN PERSONAL ANALYSIS? <br />6. ARE YOU AVOIDING REPETITOUS WORDS AND PHRASES? <br /></span> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#993399;"><strong>PROPER ORGANIZATION</strong></span> <br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1. WHERE IS YOUR THESIS STATEMENT? <br />2. IS IT STATED OR IMPLIED? <br />3. DO YOUR SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS DIRECTLY RELATE TO YOUR THESIS? <br />4. IS YOUR ARGUMENT LOGICAL? <br />5. ARE YOUR PARAGRAPHS ADEQUATELY DEVELOPED? <br />6. IS THE TOPIC OF EACH PARAGRAPH EASILY IDENTIFIABLE? <br />7. DID YOU RELATE EACH PARAGRAPH TO YOUR THESIS? <br /></span> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#009900;"><strong>STYLE</strong></span> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1. DOES YOUR ESSAY CONTAIN A HEALTHY MIX OF SIMPLE, COMPOUND, AND COMPLEX SENTENCES? <br />2. ARE THE BEGINNINGS OF ALL YOUR SENTENCES WORDED UNIQUELY? <br />3. DO YOU HAVE SMOOTH TRANSITIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL IDEAS AND PARAGRAPHS? <br />4. DID YOU AVOID REPEATING YOUR TRANSISTIONS? <br />5. DOES EVERYTHING FLOW TOGETHER? <br />6. IS YOUR VOCABULARY SUITABLE FOR YOUR AUDIENCE? <br />7. IS YOUR VOCABULARY SUITABLE FOR YOUR PURPOSE? <br />8. DID YOU KEEP IN MIND THAT YOUR EVALUATORS WILL EXPECT YOUR ESSAY TO BE WRITTEN IN STANDARD ENGLISH? <br />9. DID YOU AVOID SLANG AND CLICHES (UNLESS FOR STYLE OR MEANING)? <br />10. IS YOUR WORDING TOO VAGUE? <br />11. ARE YOU ELIMINATING UNNECESSARY WORDS? <br />12. DO <em>YOU</em> LIKE TO READ STUFFY PROSE ESSAYS? <br /></span> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"><strong>ANY LAST CORRECTIONS</strong></span> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1. IS EVERYTHING SPELLED CORRECTLY? <br />2. TOO, TO, OR TWO? <br />3. THERE, THEIR, OR THEY'RE? <br />4. AFFECT OR EFFECT? <br />5. LED OR LEAD? <br />6. LESS OR FEWER? <br />7. CORRECTER OR MORE CORRECT? <br />8. DO YOU REMEBER YOUR RULES OF PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMAR (NOUNS, VERBS, APOSTROPHES, COMMAS, SEMI-COLONS, QUOTATION MARKS, PERIODS, ETC.)? <br />9. HAVE YOU AVOIDED SENTENCE FRAGMENTS AND RUN-ONS? <br />10. HAVE YOU CONFUSED ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS? <br />11. HAVE YOU AVOIDED ALL PRONOUN SHIFTS (FIRST TO THIRD PERSON, SINGULAR TO PLURAL)? <br />12. ARE YOUR SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENTS CONSISTENT (SHIFTS IN TENSE)? <br />13. WERE YOU CAREFUL NOT TO OVERUSE PRONOUNS? <br />14. WHO OR WHOM (IF YOU DON'T KNOW ALWAYS GO WITH WHO - CHANCES ARE THEY WON'T KNOW EITHER)? </span> <br /> <br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">THIS INFORMATION IS FROM A STUDY DONE BY:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY - BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE - KERN HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><a href="mailto:bgraham78@emich.edu"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;"><strong>bgraham78@emich.edu</strong></span></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">- BARRY GRAHAM - EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></p></span> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8849901-109873463407670204?l=bgraham78.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>bgraham78http://www.blogger.com/profile/06080579173740782579noreply@blogger.com3