ABSTRACT
What follows is a sample of essays submitted by first-year students of English over the past few years. There are four essays, on different subjects, and each one gained a different pass mark, from A to D. Satisfy yourself that you’re familiar with the marking criteria given in the previous section and then read through all the essays, trying to decide which essay gained which mark. You might like to make a note of any sections or passages that fulfil particular aspects of the criteria, or which seem to you especially successful or unsuccessful for any other reasons. Think, for example, about how well the essay answers the question set. After the essays, there are some exercises for you to look at.
https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203062210/7e3b64b1-9995-4d15-8c5e-297b356a5bfb/content/fig9_2_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> No end-notes are included in these samples, although the numbers are given in the body of each piece. You should never neglect referencing in your own work!
