Paper Guidelines

To: Interns
From: Dr. Susan P. Chizeck

The following abbreviations will be used in my grading of your exams and papers. If you don’t understand my comments about your work, please make an appointment to see me.

AGREE	Lack of agreement between subject and verb (plural, singular)
ANTE	Antecedent - what does this phrase refer to?
AWK	Awkward sentence or phrase
CLAR	Meaning not clear
COH	Paragraph doesn’t cohere around a single topic
CONCL	The paper doesn’t contain a conclusion summarizing what you have done and what you conclude
CONFLO	This conclusion doesn’t flow logically from the material you’ve presented above
EVID	You haven’t provided evidence for this assertion
FACT	I believe this is factually incorrect. Source?
FRAG	Sentence fragments -- lacks subject or predicate
GR	Grammatically incorrect
INTRO	Introduction of the paper doesn’t layout what you will cover in the paper
PARL	Your paragraphs are too long
PARS	Your paragraphs are too short.
PL	Plagiarism -- this is a direct quote without citation or other misuse of another’s words and ideas. Plagiarism results in an F on the paper.
PUNC	Incorrect punctuation
REAS	Your reasoning or logic seems faulty
REDUN	Redundant, repetitive
REF	Needs a reference showing where you got the information
REL	Is this relevant? To what?
RES	You haven’t utilized very many research findings (from readings or lectures) in your discussion
RO	Run-on sentence
SEQ	Your paragraphs are not in a logically organized sequence
SP	Spelling error
SYN	You haven’t adequately synthesized the findings you discuss into a coherent view or thesis of your own
TENSE	Tenses do not agree \|
TRANS	Need transition phrase or sentence
WORD	Word misused, not the best word here
WORDY	Too many words that add little to the meaning

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Your grades are based on the following criteria

CONTENT:

Having logical introduction and conclusion, coherence of arguments, answering the assigned questions, all of them, and general content

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Reference by author last name, or title if there is no author. I should be able to go easily to exactly where you found your information.

MECHANICS:

Organization of paper, correct grammar, correct spelling, style (clear, concise, appropriate tone, etc.)

Keep in mind that the point of almost every piece of written work that you will do in school or work is to make a certain assertion and prove it. Therefore your essay should discuss what you intend to prove, give evidence and examples to prove it, and summarize what it is you have shown. A business report would recommend an action and give evidence of why you think this is the correct action.

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BASIC QUOTATIONS STYLES: You may use either footnotes, endnotes, or in-text citations. ** Direct quotes and numerical data must always include page numbers.** See ‘How to Format References’ at http://www.utdallas.edu/is/internship/references.html for a more detailed guide.

FOOTNOTES:

You may use numbered footnotes at the end of each page or end notes at the end of the paper. Both must be accompanied by a bibliography in alphabetical order by author.

1. I.M. Author, “Some Article,” Some Fine Journal, v. 17, 1997, p. 1-13.

2. A.N. Expert, A Book She Wrote, NY: Publisher, 2005.

3. Nice Guy, private communication (or interview), Dallas, Texas, April 1, 2009.

4. Womyn, Smart, “New Ideas,” found November 4, 2005, online, http://www.utdallas.edu/~wsmart/article.html, p. 4-5.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

In-text citations require a bibliography at the end, and may be in either APA, ASA or MLA style, similar to the following

EX: Ninety percent of newborn babies cry a lot (Author, 1997, p. 12).

Mr. Guy believes the situation can be improved (Guy 2001)

Please skip 2 spaces between sentences and double-space the paper. Turn in on paper, not email, and also submit to turnitin.com.