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© 2008 The College Board. All rights reserved. in the way.” And the producer saiis negative, there is somethi Assignment On the pages that follow there are descriptions of each of the eight WritePlacer score points followed by two sample essays that were assigned the indicated score. Annotations are provided for each essay explaining why the essay was given the score it received. Studying these sample essays and the accompanying annotations will point out the elements considered during the scoring process. © 2008 The College Board. All rights reserved. EssayScore can sucess. _________________Annotations_________________ toa( gooddisjointed otherpeople needshelpcontains fromhelp ascore © 2008 The College Board. All rights reserved. EssayScore positive, aIsucceeda a basketballgameswantthink thinkingtoIa IItoI remember I befor secceded myself secceed. goodpositivesecceedall the goodpositive and yourself! _________________Annotations_________________ positive itsclearly. examples,grammar numerousmeaningobscured this thoughtpositivemastery ascore © 2008 The College Board. All rights reserved. EssayScore somethinggood?person to a somethingtowonderful happens,chearful Ito differentreasons becauseactually toto therecipie calmerlife. _________________Annotations_________________ intoa Despite onlyassertionsexample, life.” reasoning thatterrible,whensomething came being Demonstratingmastery,this ascore © 2008 The College Board. All rights reserved. EssayScore outlook certain intothatthemselves best societybecause somethingtountilto bright powertoto something,always are II money goingstopped _________________Annotations_________________ thinking, insteadlife Lapses generalities will backand presentForexamplepeople receives score © 2008 The College Board. All rights reserved. _________________Annotations_________________ thinking,providingexamples disadvantageturnedthe offersoccasional to(...aa.... disadvantagegood demonstrates audiancelaughingaudience about,obstacle receives EssayScore constantlyaobstacles. obstacles societygainthings leftterribleculture. Americans after toto Romeo end.decidedbothcharactersend the society/peopleacknowledging (the leadgood. _________________Annotations_________________ competentdevelops(... fromliterature.evidence occasionalRomeo excellentexampleendmain language societyproblemsobstacles.never a © 2008 The College Board. All rights reserved. _________________Annotations_________________ pointinto providesobstacles“hard thinking.response examples,coherencetest overcomedetermination.enough Control Withcoordination, history EssayScore timestruggles, obstacles attending theteachersseemed only doingpeers.extremely to couldItoto towards II for wason.took school Ito College early Itoto © 2008 The College Board. All rights reserved. Description of Score of 7 An essay in this category demonstrates of on-demand essay writing, although it may have occasional minor Addresses an appropriate audience and demonstrates a clear purpose for writing in the thesis statement Demonstrates outstanding critical thinking, using appropriate examples, reasons, and other evidence to support its position Is well organized and focused, demonstrating clear coherence and smooth progression of ideas Exhibits appropriate language, using a varied and accurate vocabulary Demonstrates varied sentence structure structure, grammar, spelling and punctuation Shown below are sample essays that received a received the indicated score. EssayScore intogood. cancerbeforeachieving examplesingle learned waschampion, obstacle alreadybrain, chance year, sevenremains greatestalsoovercome born andconvictedcrime While immediatelyand representative immediatelywantedsignhave a © 2008 The College Board. All rights reserved. path process,a existenceand years, freedomsTownsher rightfully together a to challengeexamples should unfortunateexperiences, _________________Annotations_________________ outstandingthinking,effectivelypoint providing examplessupport.response smoothHouse” forindependence emotionaldistress her notunfortunateexperiences, improveourselvesourand © 2008 The College Board. All rights reserved. coach, barnalwaysstrong caredstudents.him.accident, become amounts learned experienceactually Through change. theirexperiences, into _________________Annotations_________________ point into goodeffective,examples. severechange,” clearcoherenceaccident,lost legsexperience himnever language,accurate,andvocabularyaction structureappears clearessay EssayScore desperation,difficultMore obliterate Bronte’sHeights disadvantages account, a everyHeathcliff whobecauseleft hernewHeathcliffmoney seeminglyelevates