Difference between revisions of "Model Essay Policy"
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** Tag the final version of your first draft as "Draft I" | ** Tag the final version of your first draft as "Draft I" | ||
** Tag the final version of your essay as "Final Draft" | ** Tag the final version of your essay as "Final Draft" | ||
== Grading Abbreviations == | |||
; B: (Bibliography) Sources not specified | |||
; CF: Confusing flow | |||
; FE: Factual errors | |||
; G: Grammar | |||
; GA: Awkward | |||
; II: Insufficient improvements from previous draft | |||
; MT: Missing required topic | |||
; NS: Non-sequitur | |||
; P: Overly long quotes / padding / Repetition / Unrelated topics | |||
; S: Spelling | |||
; T: Lack of professionalism / appropriate tone | |||
; UA: Unsupported arguments | |||
; UC: Unclear conclusion | |||
; V: Vagueness | |||
; WC: Insufficient word count |
Revision as of 18:36, 14 December 2019
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— Merlin, The Coder
Overview[edit]
For those of you traveling our journey with a guide, below is a potential essay policy. Be sure to ask your guide for confirmation and/or variations from this policy.
Rules for Essays[edit]
- The essay must be written in plain text using emacs
- Use two carriage-returns between paragraphs; do not use carriage-returns within a paragraph
- The essay must be stored in your Journals directory
- Specifically, the entire text must be stored in your Journals directory. Links to external repositories (e.g. Google Docs) are not acceptable.
- Be sure to site all sources, listing each at the end of the document
- The essay must be at least 1,000 words (and no more than 1,250 words)
- The essay must be pushed to GitHub on or before the due date
- For all outlines and drafts, use a single document, labeled as Ennnn.txt, where nnnn is the number of the experience.
- Tag the final version of your outline as "Outline"
- Tag the final version of your first draft as "Draft I"
- Tag the final version of your essay as "Final Draft"
Grading Abbreviations[edit]
- B
- (Bibliography) Sources not specified
- CF
- Confusing flow
- FE
- Factual errors
- G
- Grammar
- GA
- Awkward
- II
- Insufficient improvements from previous draft
- MT
- Missing required topic
- NS
- Non-sequitur
- P
- Overly long quotes / padding / Repetition / Unrelated topics
- S
- Spelling
- T
- Lack of professionalism / appropriate tone
- UA
- Unsupported arguments
- UC
- Unclear conclusion
- V
- Vagueness
- WC
- Insufficient word count