ENG at the Undergraduate Level and Way, Way, Way Beyond
Essay/Papers Grading Sheet 春望的翻译
Form or Style (how you say what you say)故地的意思
1. MLA style conventions (12-pt font, double spaced, 1 inch margins, instructor’s name, cour title, date, student name, essay title, bibliography, proper textual references, aesthetically clean)
/20
2. Spelling and Grammar (an A paper will be virtually error-free in terms of spelling, punctuation, spacing, and syntax)
/20
Content (what you say)
3. Clear Thesis (main argument or point you will develop in order to convince your readership, typically prented in the introduction)
/20
4. Thesis Support (three main points backing up your thesis, each typically developed in a parate paragraph, and proven by way of quotations from the primary text, and usually with condary rearch from supporting texts)
/30
5. Conclusion (summarizes the main crux of your essay whilst perhaps suggesting further avenues for rearch in the area developed in the essay)
/10
Total /100
Editorial Symbols
Indent → Inrt ٧
Unclear antecedent ant
Sentence fragment sf
Subject-verb disagreement s-v
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U prent ten pt
英语面试问题Word choice wc Meaning/point unclear ?
Incomplete paragraph f ¶ New paragraph ¶
Run-on ntence r-o
Comma Splice cs
Dangling Modifier dm Improper syntax/grammar syn Redundant/omit ‘—
Add space # or /
Incorrect Spelling sp Unexplored Generality/cliché cli Dangling quotation tie in Split infinitive s/i
Common Problems/Errors
1. Avoid locutions like “It is important to note that….” This, and others like it, is redundant; if it’s not important, why even talk about it?
2. U active, not passive, voice; and u prent ten whenever possible. Texts, even “old” ones, live today. This is why we still are reading them and are talking about them.闷雷
3. Do the work for your readers. Inform them. Assume that your reader is unfamiliar with your lected text(s).
短文改错技巧4. Standardize your spacing and font.
5. Never ever cite from Wikipedia or Sparknotes and other non-academic, non-refereed sources, unless of cour your paper is about the unreliability of the sources. To reference Wikipedia is merely concrete evidence of your own critical laziness.
6. Make your paper aesthetically beautiful. You don’t leave your home without checking the mirror and making sure you are prentable, so don’t submit an assignment that is formally ugly. All submissions are reflections of your interiority and your exteriority.
7. Avoid the overu of coordinate conjunctions. Do not begin every other ntence with “Moreover,” “However,” “Nevertheless,” etc.
8. U the “etc.” correctly, as in the example above, where the “etc.” refers to the remaining coordinate conjunctions that simply would be a burden to list. The “etc.” in the f
ollowing example is ud incorrectly, as it could refer almost to anything whatsoever: “I like running, movies, flowers, pizza, etc.”
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9. English is a language of synonyms. Take advantage of this. Avoid using the same words ad infinitum, ad nauam.
忧戚10. If you reference a dictionary, u the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
11. Add variety to your essays by including long and short ntences and simple and complex ones, simple words and complex ones, connotative usages and denotative ones.
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12. Prove your points/arguments by quoting telling details/lines/lections from both primary texts and condary rearch. Your job is to convince your reader that your argument is valid. Mere opinion is not falsifiable/defensible testimony.
13. Avoid the following common errors: reoccur when you mean recur, the double negative irregardless when you mean irrespective or regardless; quote (verb) when you
mean quotation (noun); human (adjective) when you mean human being (adjective + noun); they (plural) when you mean he or she (singular); alright (spoken, informal) when you mean all right (written, formal).
14. Avoid using the descriptor “normal” if you are unaware that “normalcy” is typically cultural and not natural. By obvious extension, the word “natural” is likewi unnatural.
establishment15. The word “nowadays” should be ud very sparingly or avoided altogether. Nowadays, the coordinate conjunction nowadays los currency too quickly, thus downgrading your thesis to the merely topical, to the dustbin of history.
