Sample Paper Strengths/Weaknesses

Writing in Political Science

Strengths: Good APA format, good citations, good at staying on task/subject

Weaknesses: Introduction is weak, very basic transitional vocabulary, poor punctuation at times

Writing in Psychology

Strengths: Amazing introduction, maintains tone well, simple and to the point vocabulary

Weaknesses: Unnecessary underlining, unnecessary bolding, insufficient sources

Writing as a Creative Writer

Strengths: Intro makes you want to read more, good formatting, good use of quotes/sources

Weaknesses: Too complex for the casual reader, poor quotation spots, decent heading titles

Writing in Economics

Strengths: Great introduction with a question, good thesis, good transitions from headings

Weaknesses: Some places lack APA, bare minimum when it comes to sources, too many long quotes

The Role of Writing in Engineering 

Strengths: Good language use/vocabulary, great headings to each topic, good amount of sources

Weaknesses: Flakey introduction, very poor concluding sentence, unnecessary citing sometimes

Writing in the Business Discipline 

Strengths: Good introduction in the sense that it draws reader in, cool source under "technical language", good use of examples from the texts.

Weaknesses: Very few sources, sometimes leaves APA format, repetitive

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