...How to write an essay in English – Some good advice Reading and preparing for writing the essay 1. Make a cursory reading (= at skanne) of the text to in order to find out what the text is about. 2. Read the text more carefully (remember a dictionary). Use a marker to underline what you think is important. Also; write a lot of marginal notes. 3. While reading you should pay attention to some of the following elements: - What is the setting of the short story? (Where, when, the environment) - Who are the main characters, and how can you characterize them? (Age, looks, mentality, etc.) - Do any of the main characters change or develop during the story? This is often the case, and is almost always significant. - What are the main conflicts of the story? In all stories the main character(s) has a problem, or a number of problems, which he/she has to solve. Find out what the problems are in your story. The passages where the conflicts are clear are often important in short stories, and can be used when you quote from the text. - What is the theme(s) of the short story? All short stories are focused on an important theme. This theme must be found and discussed. The Writing Process 1. Make a plan (disposition), before writing your essay! The elements of an English essay will often be: 1. An introduction. In the introduction you give a general introduction to the main theme of the story, and relate it to the story. 2. The analysis of the story. English...
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...Dec 2014 03:14 GMT) The Pedagogical Possibilities of Covering Gilman’s Wallpaper Karla J. Murphy In his introduction to The Pedagogical Wallpaper, Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock notes how the pedagogical diversity of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper” prompted him to collect essays for this book. He goes on to explain that “given the ubiquity of the text within various academic settings, I was also struck by the absence of attention to the text within pedagogical contexts. Despite the large (and steadily growing) body of criticism to the story, very little of it explicitly addresses its importance as a tool to facilitate learning or various ways in which to make use of the text in the classroom” (3). As a collection, Weinstock’s The Pedagogical Wallpaper contains informed, detailed, and diverse analysis that attempts to shore up the absence of “pedagogical possibilities” concerning Gilman’s transgressive short story (9). Among the contributors are a MOO space specialist, a Gilman scholar, a queer theorist, an existentialist, a formalist, and several reader/student-response theorists. Because each essayist presents a distinct critical perspective on Gilman’s text, each essay is likewise concerned with “how the narrative teaches and how to teach the narrative” (5). Thus, it seems to me that Weinstock’s The Pedagogical Wallpaper resonates with Pedagogy’s conviction that teaching is central to our work as scholars and educators, no matter what our particular perspective...
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...drawn from the assessment rubric, must be borne in mind: • The overall effect of planning, drafting, proofreading and editing of the work on the final text produced. • Awareness of writing for a specific purpose, audience and context – as well as register, style and tone – especially in SECTIONS B and C. • Grammar, spelling and punctuation. • Language structures, including an awareness of critical language. • Choice of words and idiomatic language. • Sentence construction. • Paragraphing. • Interpretation of the topic that will be reflected in the overall content: the introduction, the development of ideas and the conclusion. Copyright reserved Please turn over English Home Language/P3 3 NSC – Memorandum DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2014 SUGGESTED APPROACH TO MARKING SECTION A: ESSAY Refer to SECTION A: Rubric for Assessing an Essay found on page 8 of this memorandum. CRITERIA USED FOR ASSESSMENT CRITERIA MARKS CONTENT AND PLANNING 30 LANGUAGE, STYLE AND EDITING 15 STRUCTURE 5 TOTAL 50 1. Read the whole piece and decide on a category for CONTENT AND PLANNING. 2. Re-read the piece and select the appropriate category for LANGUAGE, STYLE AND EDITING. 3. Re-read the piece and select the appropriate category for STRUCTURE. SECTION B: LONGER TRANSACTIONAL TEXT Refer to SECTION B: Rubric for Assessing Longer Transactional Texts found on page 9 of this memorandum. CRITERIA USED FOR ASSESSMENT CRITERIA CONTENT, PLANNING AND FORMAT LANGUAGE, STYLE AND EDITING TOTAL MARKS 18 12...
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...Organization | | | Earned Mark | | AA100B The Arts Past and Present II TMA Second Semester 2015-2016 Cut-off date: Week 10 TMA Format and Word Count: The student’s work should be presented in an ESSAY of around 1200 words. Referencing: The essay should include a list of references (print and electronic) at the end in addition to in-text referencing as per the requirements of the Harvard Referencing System. Proper referencing is a serious academic requirement and skill and will be rewarded accordingly. Writing and Discussion Topic: Cultural encounters are a common occurrence in human history. Their impact varies on cultures and individuals especially as they relate to questions of identity and self-worth. The cultural encounter in such a case becomes fundamental to one’s perception of oneself and the cultures to which s/he relates. Explore how cultural encounters are manifested in literary works, specifically short stories from An Anthology of Short Stories from Five Continents, with particular reference to “Bella makes Life” by Lorna Goodison. In the process of answering the TMA, you should make sure to include the below five sub questions: 1) How is the concept of cultural encounter treated in the short story ‘Bella Makes Life’? 2) Is the author, Lorna Goodison, aware...
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...Etheridge Summary, Response, Analysis Short Paper Goals: * Students will understand the difference between summary, response, and analysis * Students will apply that knowledge by writing a summary, response, analysis short paper on one of the readings listed below * Students should demonstrate knowledge of Standard American English (SAE), including clean grammar/editing and clear, effective style * Students should demonstrate knowledge of effective paragraph organization * Students should apply standards of MLA formatting and citation Requirements: * Papers should be turned in via Blackboard by the date listed on the course schedule or as mentioned by the instructor * Papers should be 550-700 words in length. Papers which do not meet the length will be severely penalized. Do not use unusual fonts or formatting. * Papers should address all three elements (summary, response, analysis), but the least amount of space should be spent on the personal response section. * Paper should have a Works Cited entry and at least one use of parenthetical/in-text documentation for a direct quote. Information on in-text citation can be found starting on page 284 in the Current Issues text and in the LB Brief. Directions: For our first short paper, you will choose one of the essays out of the Current Issues text (options listed below) to read. Then you will write a paper which summarizes, responds to, and analyzes that essay. You should first review the...
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...Overview of Current Research on Automated Essay Grading Salvatore Valenti, Francesca Neri and Alessandro Cucchiarelli DIIGA - Universita’ Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy valenti@inform.unian.it neri@inform.unian.it alex@inform.unian.it Executive Summary Essays are considered by many researchers as the most useful tool to assess learning outcomes, implying the ability to recall, organize and integrate ideas, the ability to express oneself in writing and the ability to supply merely than identify interpretation and application of data. It is in the measurement of such outcomes, corresponding to the evaluation and synthesis levels of the Bloom’s (1956) taxonomy that the essay questions serve their most useful purpose. One of the difficulties of grading essays is represented by the perceived subjectivity of the grading process. Many researchers claim that the subjective nature of essay assessment leads to variation in grades awarded by different human assessors, which is perceived by students as a great source of unfairness. This issue may be faced through the adoption of automated assessment tools for essays. A system for automated assessment would at least be consistent in the way it scores essays, and enormous cost and time savings could be achieved if the system can be shown to grade essays within the range of those awarded by human assessors. This paper presents an overview of current approaches to the automated assessment of free text answers. Ten systems, currently available...
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... The directions tell you what you are responding to and might even include a question to guide your answer. For example, it might ask you to respond to part of a text rather than a full text. Step 2 Write some short notes on your thoughts. An analytical response paper is not only your opinion about whether you agree with or like the material, but it also should include why you feel the way you do. For example, if a short story you are responding to makes you angry, write the reasons for that. Try to find at least two or three reasons to support your findings. Step 3 Analyze the material and your thoughts on it. If you feel the information in the text is false, find points that support the falsities in the text or that make it seem false to you as a reader. Write the quotes with appropriate citation to use in your essay. Step 4 Write an outline. Depending on the length requirements in the directions, you might need only two supporting paragraphs, or you might need more. The outline should point out your main ideas and provide at least two to three supporting ideas from the material. For example, if your essay's theme has two main supporting points, you must have two to three foundations for the supporting points. Step 5 Write an essay rough draft. The format of an analytical essay is the same as a basic essay: introduction, two or three supporting paragraphs and a conclusion. Write as if the reader has not read or...
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...Integrated Business Topics Week Two Quiz The following quiz is comprised of two short essay questions worth 5 points each. Please use the assigned text to answer these questions. In all cases, the material found in the assigned text will govern. In other words, answers found from other sources might be “right,” but your quiz will be graded based on the material in the assigned text. Paraphrase the material from the text. Do not cut and paste. These are essay questions, not essays. Do not write a paper. Just answer the questions in as clear and concise a manner as possible. (1) Define strategic management. Identify any five of the nine critical tasks of strategic management? Strategic management is the process by which the management team determines a firm’s goals. It is achieved by examining internal and external strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities. The critical tasks of strategic management consist of: 1.) Creating a mission and vision statement 2.) Analyzing the business’s capabilities, i.e. strengths and weaknesses 3.) Formulating a plan based on this analysis, both short term and long term 4.) Implementing the pathway plan chosen 5.) Evaluating the effectiveness of the plan and making adaptations as needed (2) Define agency theory. Explain how agency problems occur. (Do not attempt to answer this question before carefully reading pages 39-42 of the assigned text.) The agency theory is defined as the relationship between a person that has...
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...University of Roehampton Referencing Style Guide Harvard Version 2012 Learning Services Supporting innovation in teaching, learning and learner development The Green Room, Library rm 217 www.roehampton.ac.uk/Learningservices Contents INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 1 DISCLAIMER ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 ABOUT THIS GUIDE ........................................................................................................................................... 1 WHAT IS REFERENCING, AND WHY SHOULD I DO IT? .................................................................................... 1 PARAPHRASING ................................................................................................................................................. 2 QUOTING ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 CITATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 . BIBLIOGRAPHIES OR CITED WORKS/REFERENCE LIST ..........................................................................
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...honest, I treated the class as so for a while. It wasn’t until after my first essay that I realized how I could improve my writing in preparation for college now instead of later. I didn’t realize that I tend to write in a passive tense every other sentence until now. I also, often, used, too many comma splices, which butchered the flow of my writing. I sometimes missed the MLA format details which lowered my scores early on. After I submitted the last essay, I was glad that I didn’t sign up for English IV. I enjoyed some papers...
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...Educator Guide to the 2014 Grade 7 Common Core English Language Arts Test THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Regents of The University MERRYL H. TISCH, Chancellor, B.A., M.A., Ed.D. ................................................................ ANTHONY S. BOTTAR, Vice Chancellor, B.A., J.D. ............................................................... ROBERT M. BENNETT, Chancellor Emeritus, B.A., M.S. ....................................................... JAMES C. DAWSON, A.A., B.A., M.S., Ph.D. .......................................................................... GERALDINE D. CHAPEY, B.A., M.A., Ed.D. ........................................................................... HARRY PHILLIPS, 3rd, B.A., M.S.F.S. .................................................................................... JAMES R. TALLON, Jr., B.A., M.A. .......................................................................................... ROGER B. TILLES, B.A., J.D. ................................................................................................... CHARLES R. BENDIT, B.A. ..................................................................................................... BETTY A. ROSA, B.A., M.S. in Ed., M.S. in Ed., M.Ed., Ed.D. ............................................. LESTER W. YOUNG, Jr., B.S., M.S., Ed.D. .............................................................................. CHRISTINE D. CEA, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. .......................
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...The Final Essay Assignment The Prompt As we’ve discussed all semester long, the final essay for our class will involve some research. The first part of this assignment sheet sets up the prompt and the essay’s required elements. One of the things you’ll notice about this assignment is that elements of it are modeled off of previous assignments. This is deliberate, as they’ve given you practice at this type of argumentation. This special topic section of English Composition II has focused upon the horror genre as practiced by American writers. We’ve read and discussed several works from horror authors over the course of the nation’s history, and considered in-depth longer fiction from the 20th Century horror icon Shirley Jackson. We’ve also delved into popular culture, examining comic books and, time permitting, television shows and movies. For this essay, you’ll be asked to pick another horror story (see The Topic section for some ideas) to add to this course’s discussion. In the interest of time, I suggest a short story, but you could read a novel for this project as well. More specifically, your essay should do the following things: (1) Provide your readers unfamiliar with your chosen text some context about the work, including a brief summary of the story. Likely, this would occur in your first support paragraph after your introduction. (2) Review the story. This is your opportunity to argue whether...
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...TEXT ANALYSIS ESSAY WRITING THE QUESTION / TASK The most important thing is that you answer the question or task requirements. This requires remaining on point and ensuring that everything you include in your essay contributes to your reader’s/marker’s understanding of your main point/thesis. In every text analysis essay you are essentially being asked to comment on the literary techniques that are used to portray a theme/idea in a certain way. This means analysing the stylistic language choices that the author made to establish a particular tone and present the theme(s)/idea(s) to impact the audience in a particular way. Thus, the inter-relationship between author, text, and reader is what you need to look at. You need to read your question carefully in order to determine how to pull apart and include everything required of you. Highlight the important parts. ‘How’ in a text analysis essay means that you need to refer to technique. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION The difference between producing an essay that passes and one that doesn’t comes down to your analytical skills. If you find yourself taking about the characters as though they are people and recounting the plot. Stop. Wrong Way. Go Back. Do not collect $200. Think about what language choices the author made in order to portray or construct the text in a particular way. The language choices of a text establish its tone which can be serious, humorous, satirical, ironic...
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...Assessment detail Assessment 1: Individual Assignment Weighting: 20% Final Essay Length: 2000 words Due: Final submission due Week 6 (Friday, 29th August, 11.55pm). Assignments must be submitted through Turnitin. Description: The role of power and politics in organisations. Power and politics are very much part of organizational life. To succeed managers need to understand the meaning of power and politics, how power is acquired and how politics should be utilised. Power and politics may be the sources of solutions but can create problems in organisation. This essay asks you to explore the issues associated with power and politics in organisational life. Your essay should include the following: • Define the concept of power in the workplace. • Define the concept of politics in the workplace. • Explain how a manger could work to acquire power. • Explain how a ...
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...In Class Analysis Essay 1 Bring a Large Bluebook DATE: Topic: Analyze one of the following texts by first determining the message of the story or the message the author is trying to convey, and then formulating a thesis about that message using the text as evidence. Please follow the structure of an essay… Don’t just summarize the story without having a point to support. Readings: |“Everyday use for your Grandmama” |“Doors” (short story from the novel Arranged |“This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, | | |Marriages |Arizona” | |“My Mother’s English” |“Notes from a Son to his Father” | ( You must focus primarily on the text you have selected… “What” does the author say or appear to say about the topic (message)? “How” does the author present his or her ideas? What evidence did you find in the text that leads you to think what you do about the topic? ( Requirements: A more complete Grading Scale is in your reader on page 17 of your reader. This essay should have (and I will be looking for) 1. An introduction that builds to a thesis statement. a. Give a clear idea of how your topic and the text you have chosen led you to your thesis. (Don’t forget to give the Full Text Title and Author’s name in your intro.) b. Take a stance with your thesis. (It should not contain “I”...
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