Grading Criteria for Final Term Paper and Term Test
8th Wave International Seniors -- 1st Semester, Spring 2005
Topic and Criteria prepared by Carlton Johnson
Internal Content (Insightful or "So What?") and
External Form (Grammar and Style)
I.) Internal Content
Highlight the Controversy
Articulate the Pros and Cons
Consider the Spectrum
Note the Agenda(s)
a) Decide your position.
b) Articulate well the opposing view, and:
c) Rebut with vivid supporting evidence.
d) Finally: Answer--to your soul's satisfaction--the key question, "So What?"
Consider "Tagmemics" (particle, wave, field)
http://www.oocities.org/minjokhan/8thIvyIV/Tagmemics.html
II.) External Form
Master the following four grammar and style pitfalls:
1) Faulty pronoun reference (See Warriner's Index)
2) Definite/Indefinite articles (See Handout or link, below)
3) Rule #20, page 28 (See Elements of Style, Strunk and White)
4) Punctuation (colon, semi-colon, hyphen, dash... also Strunk and White)
Style
Honorific
Formal
Informal
Colloquial
Slang
Profanity
AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE :
Starting sentences (in Formal writing) with
unqualified pronouns: "It / that / this" -- You WILL lose points.
Other freebees (no points off, but...) :
* In "Formal" writing also avoid "contractions"
* Watch out for 2-cent words like "things / get-got" ;
* double-check "Prepositions"
* Brush up on "which vs that" (and 'such').
* Prefer the "active" to "passive" voice.
* Review the "Conditional" tense and the "Subjunctive" Mood (Warriner's)
Citing References :
http://www.oocities.org/minjokhan/8thIvyIV/references.html
Definite / Indefinite Articles :
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslart.html
Links to other sites on the Web
Home -- 8th Wave International
Final Term Paper Topic
Planning (Invention)
Tagmemics
Definite and Indefinite Articles
Hyperdictionary / Thesaurus