Sample Papers

The Role of Writing in Political Science:

Strengths: 1. Clearly states what the topic is. 2. Correct APA formatting. 3. Citations are correctly formatted. 

Weaknesses: 1. Many sentences use a lot of repetition. 2. Add more of an explanation after quotes. 3. The conclusion is boring and leaves the reader possibly uninterested in what they read.

Writing in Psychology:

Strengths: 1. Has some explanation after the poor quotes. 2. Conducted two interviews. 3. Uses some academic and non-academic sources. 

Weaknesses: 1. Not in the correct font. 2. MLA format. 3. The interview is informal and the quotes are simply the dialogue between the two people.

Writing as a Creative Writer:

Strengths: 1. Citations have correct formatting. 2. Topics are organized for the reader to understand. 3. There are an introduction and explanation of quotes.

Weaknesses: 1. Possibly uses too many quotes. 2. Topic headings do not have consistent placement. 3. Waited until the end to clarify their academic and non-academic writings, instead of an interesting conclusion.

Writing in the Field of Economics:

Strengths: 1. Correctly formats in-text citations. 2. Organizes topics clearly. 3. Supports quotes with meaty explanations.

Weaknesses: 1. Spacing looks off. 2. Writes in mostly the first person. 3. Uses block quotes, which are simply not needed. 

The Role of Writing in Engineering:

Strengths: 1. Uses a quote from their interview. 2. Reference citations formatted correctly. 3. Organizes topics clearly. 

Weaknesses: 1. Should start the quote with the author's name, instead of placing it at the end. 2. Needs to work on APA formatting. 3. Uses a quote, but does not provide enough interesting information in the introduction for the reader to keep reading.

Writing in the Business Discipline:

Strengths: 1. Quotes are formatted correctly. 2. Quotes have the correct introduction and explanation. 3. Provides images of important information to help the reader understand.

Weaknesses: 1. Quotes focused more on the subject field, instead of the writing within the field. 2. Grammatical errors. 3. Could have better word choices.

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