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The main contents of the chapter consist of the following: How to write an argumentative/ persuasive essay? well written argumentative/ persuasive essay, steps for writing a argumentative/ persuasive essay, topic selection, dos and don’ts, common mistakes, example, general essay writing tips.

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Lecture 14

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Evaluation Essay

Evaluation essays are just like reviews * They judge whether something Is:

— good or bad,

- better or worse than other similar things

* We are familiar with this sort of writing In book or movie reviews

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Evaluation Essay

We all love to read the review of a really bad movie or restaurant experience If you like to write satire, this can be a great paper

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How to Write Evaluation

Essay?

* People make judgments all the time about everything that surrounds them

- Each day we face various facts and scenes, and to act adequately we need to develop our assessment of them

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Steps for Writing Evaluation

Essay

Step # 1: Choose a topic that you would like to write about Since you will need to

make a value judgment, based on a set of criterion, you should know your

Subject well

Step # 2: Formulate your thesis The thesis of an evaluation essay Is its overall

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Steps for Writing Evaluation

Essay

Step # 3: Think of the criterion that you are going to use to make your judgment It is difficult or even impossible to

evaluate something immediately, so

allocate several touchstones to make

this process easier

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Steps for Writing Evaluation

Essay

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Steps for Writing Evaluation

Essay

Step # 6: Write the paper, following the

classic structure of an introduction, main

body part, and conclusion

>» In the introduction, introduce your value judgment about the chosen topic

>» In the main body part, present your supporting evidences

» In the conclusion briefly summarize your material

and restate your final judgment

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Topic Selection

In order to evaluate something, you need to compare it with the best example of that particular thing

So, to help you develop your topic into an essay, there are two Important questions to ask when you are choosing your topic to evaluate:

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What are you Evaluating?

* What sort of a topic you are evaluating? — For instance: - |f itis a movie, then what genre? — Horror? —- Romance? Disney? —- Family Movie?

- Then you need to decide what would make an excellent movie in that genre In your

opinion

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Evaluation Essay

- Some possible topics of an evaluation essay are listed below:

— Evaluate a vacation spot, or your favorite park

—- Evaluate activities that kids are involved in after school Should kids be in organized activities or be allowed time for free play? - Evaluate a class you are taking, or evaluate

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Key Points to Consider

* Remember, that no matter how

enthusiastic or negative your attitude Is towards the chosen topic, the general tone of your essay should be reasonable

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Key Points to Consider

- You can use quotations, personal

experience, descriptions or comparisons with similar objects as evidence

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Key Points to Consider

* The more controversial the subject you have chosen for your essay, the more Supporting arguments you might need

‘ It is also useful to present the opposite point of view In this way you will show that you are aware that other opinions on the

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How to Write an Evaluation

Essay

i Present the Subject in an Interesting

Way:

- Give the Right Amount of Detail

- Help Reader Decide their Evaluation —- More Review than Summary

Summary should not be more than 1/3 portion of

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How to Write an Evaluation Essay 2 Make a Clear, Authoritative Judgment (2/3 of paper) Thesis sentence should tell exactly what you think Define the audience Create a Three-Column-Log

to help you make notes for your paper

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How to Write an Evaluation

3 Essay

Argue for your Judgment

As you state each of your judgments, you need to give reasons to prove that they are specific,

interesting and convincing

Evidence can be describing the subject, quoting, using personal anecdote or comparing and contrasting with a similar subject

Sometimes you may want to counter-argue, if you

disagree with what most people think

- For example, if your subject is very popular and you think it is terrible, you may want to state what most

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Dos

* When choosing your topic, mind that some subjects may be of an interest for one group of people, but, at the same time, completely uninteresting for another

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Dos

Do pick at least 4-5 criteria to make an assessment

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Dos

Do make sure that your evidence Is

balanced between the criteria

- Your essay will look much better if you find convincing arguments for each of your

criterion

- Avoid situations when you use one strong

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Dos

- Do find the conventional standard within

the topic you’ve chosen to use It as a model for distinguishing your own points, and writing an essay

‘ Do use proper grammar and

punctuation, and proofread your essay

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Don'ts

‘ Don’t forget to state clearly your value judgment, otherwise it will be difficult to

understand what your paper Is about

- Dont be afraid to be concrete in your

assessments

— Use catching verbs and lively nouns In your

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Don ts

Don’t be afraid to give both positive and negative assessments to the same object in one paper

— For example, when describing a restaurant:

- you might write that Cuisine was delicious and the atmosphere was very sophisticated, but at the same time the service quality could be better, and

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Don ts

- Don’t be too informal

— Of course, your style of writing will be better If kept within some limits

- Don’t use topics that are overused

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Common Mistakes

Confusing the evaluation essay with a

review

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Common Mistakes

‘ Distinguishing an insufficient number

of criterion

- If you have less than at least three criteria, you wont be able to assess your object entirely

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Pre-Writing

Exercise for

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Pre-Writing Exercise for Evaluation

Essay

- This exercise is intended to help you prepare to write your Evaluation Essay

- As you fill out the questions, you will be Starting to write notes that can turn into

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Pre-Writing Exercise for Evaluation

Essay

1 What IS your subject? Do a _ short description or summary of it This can be

In a list or a paragraph

2 What did you expect before you

viewed your subject? Did your

experience match your expectation or

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Pre-Writing Exercise for Evaluation

Essay

3 What category does your subject fall Into? Be sure to try to get as specific and narrow as possible

What would you consider to be the very best example of this category?

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Pre-Writing Exercise for Evaluation

Essay

s Using your analysis in number 4, what do you think a good example of this subject needs to have?

— These can turn Into your criteria for judging your subject If you are having trouble, you can also think of how you can divide your subject into parts, or aspects of your subject

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Pre-Writing Exercise for Evaluation

Essay

7, Here are some parts | thought were not as effective:

s Use your answers to make a 3 column log by putting three lines down a paper and heading them with:

— Criteria- Evidence- Judgment

If | had to put my evaluation in one

sentence it would be This

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Recap

‘ What is Evaluation Essay?

- Evaluation or Review; Similar yet Different - Steps for writing Evaluation Essay

* Topic Selection

* What are you Evaluating

* How to Write an Evaluation Essay ‘ Dos and Don'ts

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