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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