Friday, January 23, 2009

Grading "Essay R"

After reading "Essay R" comparing professional wrestling today to back in the 80s, I would have to give the essay a B-.  While the overall idea of the paper was fairly creative and the points discussed were pretty strong, the execution of writing the paper and the grammar used were fairly poor.  For example, the very first sentence of the paper is a question, but is not punctuated correctly with a question mark.  Also, there are random fragments of sentences throughout the paper.  For example, line 17 is not a complete sentence but rather a fragmented idea.  Also, random typos throughout the paper, like "thing" when the word needed was "think" (line 44) or "use" when the word needed was "used" (47) show that the writer did not take much time to read over his or her essay and spell check it before turning it in.  This makes what could have been a better essay look somewhat sloppy. Also, at the end of the paper, instead of using the pronoun "them" so many times, the writer should have identified who "them" was to make it less confusing to the reader.  If the writer did another draft on the paper, I am sure the paper would be significantly better.  

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