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Common Problems

Common Problems. With the First Essay. Common Elements. Too many papers not proofread for content – “What argument am in trying to make here …” Very poor use of supporting evidence. Without it your statements are arbitrary.

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Common Problems

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  1. Common Problems With the First Essay

  2. Common Elements Too many papers not proofread for content – “What argument am in trying to make here …” Very poor use of supporting evidence. Without it your statements are arbitrary. It does not matter whether you believe something to be true or not – you are to objectively respond to the essay prompts with an argument that incorporates evidence. We are not asking you for your personal opinion – stop giving it.

  3. More problems • Too many proclamations or non-specific/vague/misleading sentences; a proclamation is a statement made without supporting evidence. Proofread for these • General lack of a sensible concluding paragraph that ties your argument together. • 65% turned in within 3 hours of deadline  first drafts; no reflections.

  4. Other Factors • Refer to the prompt(s) often as you write else you tend to lose focus as you proceed. This is clear! For instance, many papers did not address “why this cultural truth was apparently easily accepted for centuries. • Many essays spent too many words on how heliocentricism eventually replaced geocentricism without discussing why the geocentric view held on for so long. • Define as best you can key concepts like “cultural truth” before you start to write and then be consistent within your definition.

  5. Cultural Truth • Are always with us; the issue is how to cope with them? Do they represent the Truth or merely our understanding of a phenomena given limited instrumentation  this means the “cultural truth” can evolve (but does it ever?_ • Thucydides  challenge all cultural truths as being in a constant state of uncertainty • Galen  establish a truth through data (phainomena) and documented analysis of that data

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