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Symptom Tracker

What your instructor or professor says:
  • Problems with thesis statement or main idea
  • Problems with logic or ideas
  • Problems with analysis
  • Problems with paragraphs or organization
  • Problems with unclear sentences
  • Problems with grammar
  • Problems with documentation or plagiarism
 
What your peers and classmates say:
  • I didn't understand your main point
  • I couldn't tell where you were going
  • Some of your sentences seemed confusing
  • In some places it seems like you just went on and on or were padding
  • I think you may have copied some of the sentences from Wikipedia or another webpage
  • Parts seem choppy
 
What you say:
  • I'm having trouble coming up with an idea for the paper
  • I have trouble making the paper long enough
  • I'm not really sure how to use my research
  • I'm worried about plagiarizing by accident
  • I made an outline but it didn't help
  • How do I know if I need a title page? Or where to put page numbers?
  • I'm worried about grammatical errors
 

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