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Re: Pleae help me assess my Analysis of an Issue. [#permalink]
Thanks a bunch, man. Glad someon finally threw some help my way. I'll get to work practicing that.
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Re: Pleae help me assess my Analysis of an Issue. [#permalink]
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I second everything Jim said. You also need to make your essay quite a bit longer. Although it doesn't have to literally be 5 paragraphs (as long as it follows that format), if it has 4 paragraphs, your body paragraphs should be quite substantial. Your conclusion paragraph doesn't have to be extensive (I have scored a 6 with a one-sentence conclusion), you absolutely *must* have one! Otherwise, it looks like you were unable to finish.

Your initial paragraph starts out well, but it should only serve to introduce your ideas. Save any substantial description of your examples for the body paragraphs. Also, watch your sentence structure--some of those sentences were a little too long and involved. (For instance: Though people have studied Buffett and Buffett has been more than generous with his knowledge, financial managers, professors and businessmen the world over continue to preach and practice finance and business in a way that directly contradicts Buffetts beliefs.) Remember that one of your graders will be a computer, and the other will be a human who is spending all day plowing quickly through essays like yours. Make your essay easy to follow, with a very obvious structure.

By the way, although you will *not* be judged on the factual accuracy of your examples, I'm not sure the bit about Carnegie is true. He had a number of active partners, and he was not directly responsible for the management or day-to-day operations of his companies (he spent much of his time in New York and Europe, far from his Pittsburgh facilities). However, it's true that he did tend to take charge of whatever he got involved with, so he is a good choice to support the larger point you're trying to make.

I hope this helps!
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