ESSAY WRITINGSAM’S AGE, OR 15 YEARS OLD.

50. e. Division is used to arrive at a decimal, whichunevenly, supportedcan then be rounded to the nearest hundredthand converted to a percentage: 11,350 ÷21,500 =

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Word choice and language usage that are ade-

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Unsupported generalizations and assertions;quate; mistakes exist but these do not interferedetails that are irrelevant and presented in a con-fusing mannerwith meaning

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Language use that is imprecise, with serious and

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Some errors in sentence and paragraph structure,distracting errorsbut not so many as to be confusing

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Many serious errors in mechanics, sentence syn-

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Word choice and style appropriate to a giventax, and paragraphingaudienceFollowing are examples of scored essays for Top-A “2” essay is an incompletely formed writingics 1 and 2. (There are some deliberate errors in all thesample that attempts to address the topic and to com-essays, so that you can tell how much latitude youmunicate a message to the assigned audience but ishave.)generally incomplete or inappropriate. It has the fol-lowing additional characteristics:TOPIC 1Pass—Score = 4

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A main point, but one which loses focus; reason-I like TV. It’s relaxing after a hard day, and the quota-ing that is simplistiction above is correct—TV has enabled us to see places

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Ineffective organization that causes the responsewe’ve never gotten to go, and it has made possible ato lack clarityglobal village. But it has its dark side, too.

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Generalizations that are only partially supported;Take for example the case of Darrell, who, insupporting details that are irrelevant or unclear