Even though your essays will be focused, each should suggest new understandings of your subject. To do this, push your thinking to a deeper understanding of the question under consideration. Take risks. Your conclusion is the place to explain how your narrowly focused thesis has significant consequences for understanding the idea(s) under consideration.. Below are the levels of sophistication in written papers, discussions, and other written assignments in the humanities:
The A paper analyzes. It demonstrates thoughtful connections, explanations, and the application of course themes, ideas, or theory. This paper offers illuminations and evaluations not specifically provided by assigned authors or the instructor. It grasps the assigned author’s complex ideas but also demonstrates the student author's critical processing of those ideas. This paper is focused and developed with significant conclusions.
The A- paper is focused and fully developed.
A B+ paper is focused, but needs to be developed a bit more.
The B paper demonstrates understanding. It uses central and complex ideas, but is a reiteration of these as presented by an assigned author or the instructor. This paper demonstrates an understanding of the assigned text's or idea’s key complexities, but does not offer any significant depth of analysis. A B paper is focused, but not fully developed.
In a B- paper, the focus is good but needs to be narrowed a bit more.
A C paper shows recognition of the significant material in a body of ideas but deals with it in a superficial way. While the C paper can discriminate between central and peripheral ideas, its function is more reportage than any real depth of understanding. The C paper may advance an original idea but, because it remains on the surface, is not fully focused.
D and F papers are disoriented. These papers are usually unfocused or, if focused, are irrelevant to the course objectives or discussions. The D paper demonstrates no clear idea of its topic. An F paper may or may not be unclear, but it is always incomplete and/or off-assignment.
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