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EssayRochelle Alabado
Gerome Mikhail C. Tipan
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Etymology
►The word essay derives from the French infinitive essayer, "to try" or "to attempt".
►In English essay first meant "a trial" or "an attempt", and this is still an alternative meaning.
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Definition
►“prose composition with a focused subject of discussion”
► a "long, systematic discourse”►Like the novel, essay, is a literary device
for saying almost everything about almost anything, usually on a certain topic (Aldous Huxley).
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Advantages
►All cognitive levels can be addressed with essay questions.
►It takes less time to write an essay test (only because there are fewer questions to write).
►Students’ organizational skills are also measured.
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Disadvantages
►Essay questions are time-consuming to answer and answers take more time to score.
►Less content can be sampled.►Reliability of both response and score is
less (although validity may be better).
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Example of the type of test
►China claims the whole China Sea as its territory. Do you agree to this? Do they have the basis historically? Has the Philippines the right to object to this claim? Discuss and explain very well.
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Rubric 5 4 3 2 1
oAnswers the specific central
question that was asked
oIncorporates pertinent and
detailed informationoprovide needed
evidence
oQuite answer the
specific question that was asked
oIncorporates some
information oproviding
some necessary
evidence, but less
thoroughly
oAddresses the specific
central question
asked but does not
relate directly to the
question or does not
address all required elements
oDoes not directly
answer the specific central
question asked
ominimally and/or
irrelevantly does not
incorporates the
information
o Does not answer the
specific central
question in any way
o Does not incorporate information
from pertinent class
discussion and/or
assigned readings
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5 4 3 2 1
oMaintains focus/avoids
being sidetracked by tangentsoPresents all information clearly and
concisely and in an
organized manner
ooffer a brief response
odigress from the specific
topicoPresents information
fairly clearly ,concisely, may have
minor organization
problems
oSometimes strays from the specific oPresents
information in a manner that is sometimes
unclear, and/or has significant
organization problems
oundeveloped response
oSubstantially digresses from the
specific topico significant problems with
clarity, concision, and organization, making the information presented
difficult for the reader to
understand
o Provides no information that can be
understood or related to the specific topico May lack
any recognizable organization
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5 4 3 2 1
o Avoids distracting
grammar/spelling/etc. Problems
oMay contain a
few distracting
grammar/spelling,proble
ms
o May contain a few or a
significant number of distracting
grammar/spelling/etc. problems
o May contain
substantial distracting
grammar/spelling/etc. problems
that muddle the
information presented
o May contain enough
distracting grammar/sp
elling/etc. problems to
make it substantially incomprehe
nsible