Expository essay citing “From Soil, Not Oil” by Vandana Shiva.
1)The excellent thesis statement clearly and skillfully states the author’s opinion, including cultural analysis that reveals the relevance of the subject matter to the audience. This statement is one or two sentences long and might include a forecasting list of the points of evidence in the essay.
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Excellent research quality is indicated by three or more academically credible resources, two or more of which are scholarly or peer-reviewed articles.
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The support for the thesis is specific and direct. Quotes(From Shiva’s writing), summary, and paraphrase are integrated into the essay in way that demonstrates mastery of the concepts.
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The essay moves from the thesis to the body of support, skillfully using transitional language and keyword repetition to create both sentence-level and paragraph-level connections, uniting the essay as a whole. The points of support are presented in ascending order, with the most significant point last.
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The well-supported essay uses at least three rhetorical modes to develop the thesis.
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This essay uses provocative and precise language, clear word choice, defining specialized terminology. It uses a variety of sentence types and parallelism to reinforce meaning. There are no dangling or misplaced modifiers.
7) This essay has few or no grammar or spelling errors. The appropriate format is used and the in-text documentation is clear. Hanging indents and alphabetical order make the “Works Cited” or “References” list easy to navigate. The sources listed are readily found in the essay.
8) This essay has a Turnitin Originality score of less than 20%. This means that 19% or less of the content is borrowed verbatim from another source and this indicates that the essay is original.
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