415 including the title page. is this acceptable for 7th grade history projects?
2006-11-04 13:14:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
oops i ment 400 word essay lol
2006-11-04 13:22:17 · update #1
Can't youjoin someofthe wordsup to makeit looklike there's reallyonly 100words?
2006-11-04 13:16:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Usually 10% over or under is acceptable, but anything else will be graded down. So for a 400 word essay you could faesibly type between 360-440 words and not be penalised for it. Honestly though, your teacher has an estimate of how the essay should look on paper (e.g. a page, a page and a half etc.) and they won't be counting the number of words on a page (unless they're really obsessive), assuming you're handing it in on paper. If you're emailling it, they would be more stringent because they can do a word count, so anything over/under 10% would be easily seen.
2006-11-04 22:35:09 · answer #2 · answered by Meira 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. When a teacher specifies an amount, there is a specific reason. Are you sure is wasn't a minimum of 100 words?. In this case, a 100 word essay, the object is to be concise. Four times is too much. Look for sentences not on topic. (Example: Look for sentences which are not on topic.) Look for grammar as in the last sentence where I included 2 unnecessary words. These are a couple of techniques you can use to shorten the essay. Newspaper stories are excellent examples of brevity and imparting maximum information in few words.
2006-11-04 21:41:15 · answer #3 · answered by rowlfe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You will get penialized for having to many words. Teachers wnat you to be able to pull out the most important information for this essay. You are limited to 100 words and if you go over by a sentence that is fine but no more than that.
You will get a lower grade turning this work in. It is not what the teacher is asking for.
2006-11-04 21:23:33 · answer #4 · answered by Nevada Pokerqueen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm finding it strange that you are writing a 100-word "essay." The average paragraph in an essay has about 300 words. 100 words is about 5 sentences, probably! That's not much of an essay!
2006-11-04 21:17:38 · answer #5 · answered by bibliophile31 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's possible you might get penalised for being way too long - see if you can be more concise in your answers and make sure you have stuck to the topic. Person marking may get annoyed and mark you down as it will take much longer than all the others - make it shorter and snappy and exciting to read.
2006-11-04 21:17:13 · answer #6 · answered by minotaur 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not even close to okay. I know you probably likes to write but it is a100-word essay so it should be no more than 150 words or no less than 100 words
2006-11-04 22:08:12 · answer #7 · answered by Pro-Star 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont worry about the title
Thats bad Because rules are rules
Only put in the most important
facts
2006-11-04 21:20:50 · answer #8 · answered by deetherookie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ummmmm u might want 2 shorten it a little3 bit just to not make iot seem like your using cicumlocution! but that is very exceptional ! good for u ! good luck!
2006-11-04 21:17:30 · answer #9 · answered by Natalia E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe it means that you have too much fluff and/or rambling in your essay. try to boil it down and make your sentences full and dense with information.
2006-11-04 21:17:12 · answer #10 · answered by 'Blank' 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋