generalizations in the text vagueness pretentious redundancy citation format (missing translator, etc.) lacks reference to class discussion fluff confusing author- narrator- character insufficient quotes from text (“Dostoevsky is one of the greatest”…) adverbs mistakes of fact attributing intent to Dostoevsky too many “of”s passive voice wrong or missing italics straying from thesis sentence too long wordiness comparatives (“more” or “less”) jargon more than 3 “is/are” in the paper Generalizations in introduction quote marks generalizations in the text vagueness pretentious redundancy citation format (missing translator, etc.) lacks reference to class discussion fluff confusing author- narrator- character insufficient quotes from text (“Dostoevsky is one of the greatest”…) adverbs mistakes of fact attributing intent to Dostoevsky too many “of”s passive voice wrong or missing italics straying from thesis sentence too long wordiness comparatives (“more” or “less”) jargon more than 3 “is/are” in the paper Generalizations in introduction quote marks
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generalizations in the text
vagueness
pretentious
redundancy
citation format (missing translator, etc.)
lacks reference to class discussion
fluff
confusing author-narrator-character
insufficient quotes from text
(“Dostoevsky is one of the greatest”…)
adverbs
mistakes of fact
attributing intent to Dostoevsky
too many “of”s
passive voice
wrong or missing italics
straying from thesis
sentence too long
wordiness
comparatives (“more” or “less”)
jargon
more than 3 “is/are” in the paper
Generalizations in introduction
quote marks