English 111 Scoring Sheet

Mechanics

  • 15
  • Fragment or Incomplete Sentence
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  • fused sentence
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  • 15
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  • comma splice
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  • 10
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  • Agreement
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  • 10
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  • spelling
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  • 7
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  • comma omission
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  • 5
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  • apostrophe
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  • 5
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  • colon error
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  • 5
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  • superfluous comma
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  • 3
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  • quotation
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  • 3
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  • semicolon
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  • 3
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  • other errors
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  • 3

    • Writing

  • Unclear
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  • 5
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  • diction
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  • 5
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  • Unparallel
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  • 5
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  • vague
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  • 3
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  • awkward
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  • 3
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  • paragraphing
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  • 2
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  • wordy
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  • 2
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  • rephrase
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  • 1
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  • Weak introduction or summary
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  • 5 to 10
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  • use of illegal word
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  • 5
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  • ("a lot," "thing," "you," etc.)
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    Common Abbreviations & Marks

     
  • make a paragraph here
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  • spelling
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  • Sp
  • lowercase
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  • capitalize
  • del
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  • Sam was a good dog
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  • "let it stand"
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  • Sam was a stet good Ok dog.
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  • Move item
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  • He slowly walked across the room.
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  • Reph
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  • Rephrase
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  • Awk
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  • Awkward
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  • Rept
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  • Repetitious
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  • Uncl
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  • Unclear
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  • Wrdy
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  • Wordy
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  • Dict
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  • diction (use "large" instead of "big," etc.)

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