Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Major Essay
Assignment
Write a 4-5 paragraph essay,
between 500-750 words, on ONE of these topics:
Describe a person whom you admire greatly.
Using specific examples, explain how this person positively influenced your life.
When you leave this earth, how do you hope others will remember you?
What do you wish to have accomplished by then? What legacy do you hope to leave behind?
Organization and
Grammar Usage Mechanics Style Content
Development
The standard way Non-word information
The rules and principles for Elements that reveal a The sequence of The ideas the writer is
people use that affects the reader’s
speaking and writing a writer’s personality information and ideas trying to convey
language formally understanding
language. or voice. presented. to the reader.
or informally. of the writer’s message
Error Examples Error Examples Error Examples Error Examples Essay Elements Idea Traits
Fragment or Missing Comma Article Errors Spelling Repetition of Words We Look For: We Look For:
Run-on Sentences Confused Words Capitalization Inappropriate Words or Introduction Original
Garbled Sentences Wrong Form of Word Missing Initial Capital Phrases Thesis Inspirational
Subject-Verb Agreement Faulty Comparison Letter in a Sentence Sentences with Passive Main Ideas Thought-provoking
Errors Missing Question Mark Voice Supporting Ideas Personal
Nonstandard Word
Verb Form Errors Form Missing Final Long Sentences Transitional Words and Logical
Pronoun Errors Negation Error Punctuation Short Sentences Phrases Relevant
Possessive Errors Missing Apostrophe Sentences Beginning Conclusion Well-developed
with Coordinating
Wrong or Missing Word Missing Comma Heartfelt
Conjunctions
Missing Hyphen
Fused Words
Compound Words
Duplicate Words
40 points 40 points