Need support crafting a publication for a Journal
1. The writing is holding back the content you are trying to convey. There are a number of typos, grammar issues, and odd phrasing choices evident throughout the text. Perhaps just more rigorous editing is needed?
2. Just an example in your 1st paragraph: You wrote: “The Act came up with an objective of enforcing the legitimate right to voting…” You could write this more clearly as: The Act guaranteed the right to vote…”
3. Are those line graphs your own? Or did you pull them from another source? They should at least reference the source of the data.
4. Overall, this is very rough. You have a lot of work to do in order to pull this together. There’s still time though!
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Above Expectations |
Adequate |
Below Expectations |
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Thesis |
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Thesis Sentence |
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Introduction of Supporting Points |
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Overall Quality of Argument throughout paper |
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Originality of project topic |
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Survey Section |
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Survey section thesis sentence |
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Use of 8+ Secondary sources |
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Clear summary of secondary source arguments |
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1000-2000 words (4-8 pages) long |
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Conclusion |
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Transition Paragraph |
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Explained what was new in their project |
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Restated Thesis |
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Project had a real new aspect/thesis |
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Supporting Points |
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2500-4000 words (10-16 pages) long |
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Proved thesis |
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Factual accuracy |
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Facts cited with endnotes |
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Argument based on 7+ primary sources |
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Conclusion |
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Restates Thesis |
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Restates Sub-Theses |
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Form and Style |
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Paper is 5000 words (20 pages) long |
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Paper Organization (clarity) |
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Paragraph Organization & Length |
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Spelling and Grammar |
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Correct use of quotations |
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Ideas Presented Clearly |
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Paper has historical focus, not editorial |
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Endnotes |
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Used Arabic numerals |
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Correct form in text |
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Correct endnote citation form |
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Bibliography |
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Correct overall form for page |
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Correct bibliography form |
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Overall Paper |
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