This Handout has three sections:
1) Section One: The Requirements.
2) Section Two: Choices for Where to Take the Final Examination.
3) Section Three: Strategies for Taking the Final Exam, which Should Also be Applied to the Argumentative Essays that precede the Final Examination.
Section One: The Requirements:
Section Two: Choices for Where to Take the Final Examination:
Students have two choices regarding the location where they take the final examination:
Choice one:
Choice two:
Other important information:
Section Three: Strategies for Taking the Final Exam, which Should Also be Applied to the Argumentative Essays that precede the Final Examination
This is the section that explains how to increase your chances of earning a higher grade on the Final Examination and the Argumentative Essays that precede the Final Examination. I
advise to apply the principles below to the Argumentative Essays that precede the Final Examination.
When grading your final examination, the English Department wants to see that you have a plan for how the essay will evolve, which means that you need to have a thesis statement that contains
three items of focus. Below, I will explain what I mean by three items of focus.
After you choose your thesis from the examples on the Final Examination Assignment Prompt, open a blank document in Word, name it and save it where you can find it easily, paste your thesis
into the Word document, erase the period at the end of the thesis, and add the word "because." Here is an example:
Although I cannot guarantee the grade your essay will receive by following this strategy, I am confident that it dramatically increases your chances to do well on the final examination.