final essay 100
- Paper has a clear focus and answers the central exam question
- Paper’s thesis statement argues for three important principles one should live life by
- Paper follows standard paper structure using beginning, middle and end paragraphs in that order
- Paper crafts a clear, concise and accurate summary of the reading or viewing materials wherever necessary, but by no means is only summary
- Paper uses They Say/I Say templates from Graff and Birkenstein to introduce counterargument, concession and refutation
- Paper uses analysis to break down personal experience and selected source
- Paper’s analytical points are in support of the paper’s thesis
- Paper presents the student writer’s original ideas and shows no signs of outside research or plagiarism
- Paper uses language clearly and persuasively
- Paper is approximately 1,200 words
