<p>Dang, missed the volcano one. Mmm… If I wrote 2 and a half really good paragraphs, what do y’all think I could score, essay-wise? I wrote an awesome, well-developed and articulate introduction, a paragraph that applied a bit of Freudian theory to the prompt which, later in the paragraph, led into a description of how the Watergate scandal led demonstrated that we need to be suspicious. The next paragraph I barely started, and it was about Lord of the Flies, ahah… I used lots of nice words such as alacrity and unctuous, and tried not to use passive voice or make obvious errors. Anyone have any theories as to how highly this could be graded?=P</p>
<p>for the volcano one i put occassionally as being wrong because it is a preposition and you cant end a sentence with a preposition</p>
<p>Occasionally is an adverb.</p>
<p>@burningflame</p>
<p>occasionally is an adverb not a preposition lol</p>
<p>@burningflame</p>
<p>oh, thats right, in that sentence occasionally was a NOUN so it couldnt have been the subject. lol.</p>
<p>Mmm… Pretty sure I missed the volcano one as well. Again, anyone know what a 2.5 (long) paragraph essay would earn…?</p>
<p>Speed of sound: since sound waves travel faster in air than they do in water, the speed of sound in air is faster than that of sound in water.</p>
<p>I put “that of sound” as an error. Otherwise, it would read “… the speed of sound in air is faster than the speed of sound of sound in water”. Better if it were just “the speed of sound in air is faster than that in water.”</p>
<p>that replaced “the speed of sound”</p>
<p>How about the "teeming up"grammar question? Was it teeming up?</p>
<p>I thought it said teeming with, and I put no error. I wasn’t sure.</p>
<p>Yea it was like, Teaming with (something wildlife), the clear waters of the Carribean (something) for Scuba Divers?</p>
<p>and its no error :)</p>
<p>was it an ODD friendship, or theirs was an odd friendship</p>
<p>^theirs was an odd friendship</p>
<p>@123 pretty sure theirs was , cuz if you choose first, there is no verb in the whole sentence</p>
<p>Honestly, I didn’t think it was too bad. </p>
<p>What annoys me is that I had 5 No errors and then changed one of my answers. Ugh.</p>
<p>I wrote about Lucius Malfoy and Count Olaf, and then made up some other example. I think I can get at least a 10/12 because it’s 2 pages.</p>
<p>I got #14 in section 10 wrong! >:[ That was one hell of a tricky question though. I switched between A and C like 4 times. There was also another question on section 10, where I changed my answer between two choices like 4 times.</p>
<p>The volcano one was tricky but I got it right. </p>
<p>I think the writing curve should be pretty lenient. Just hoping for an 11 or 12 essay, even though I bombed it. I gave good examples like 1984, Fahrenheit 451, and Harry Potter(not that great of an example), but due to time pressure, I didn’t get to go in-depth with most of my essays. In addition, I made my conclusion a bit redundant because I had about 2 minutes left, and I needed to fill in 4-5 lines to get all 2 pages filled in.</p>
<p>Although imminent just seemed like an error, I don’t think many people got it right.</p>
<p>I wanted to write about 1984, but I forgot the names of the characters. It was a perfect example.</p>
<p>it is wise for people to be suspicious of the motives or honesty of people who appear trustworthy?</p>
<p>quincenera question, answered “wanted”. Can anyone reason this one out? ‘Everyone wants to score an 800’ versus ‘Everyone wanted to score an 800.’
Since the girls haven’t passed the age for having a quincenera party, should it be “wants” since the desire for one is current?</p>
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How do you know that? :)</p>
<p>Are there different experimental sections? I had back to back 25 minute writings; neither of them, however, contained farming skyscrapers.</p>