TSI Essay

grading TSI essays

Multiple Select

Which choice is correct?

• Red, Purple, Green, Purple, Green, Purple, Green

• Purple, Green, Green, Green, Purple

• Red, Red, Purple, Green

• Purple, Purple, Purple, Green, Green, Green

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of an essay called?

• thesis

• first topic sentence

• fact

• elaboration

Multiple Choice

What should you put after each topic sentence?

• Elaboration...so what?

• Topic sentences...

• Facts...For example,

• Thesis statement

Multiple Choice

What should you put after each fact?

• Elaboration...so what?

• Topic sentences...

• Facts...For example,

• Thesis statement

Multiple Select

Why are we studying vocabulary and grammar?

• So we can use complex words sometimes in our writing.

• So we can use different kinds of sentence structure instead of just subject-verb.

• So we can avoid grammatical mistakes in our writing.

• So we can pass tests, pass classes, earn degrees, and make money.

Multiple Choice

What is this prompt asking you?

• freedom or happiness?

• choices in life?

• freedom or limitations?

• limits or infinity?

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct set of grades for a TSI essay?

• 1-5

• 5-9

• 1-9

• 1-10

Multiple Choice

What do you need to make to pass a TSI essay?

• 100

• 5

• 70

• 4

Open Ended

What is this writer's thesis statement?

Open Ended

What is the writer's topic in this first body paragraph?

Open Ended

Analyze and list the writer's use of facts and elaboration in one combination in this paragraph.

Open Ended

How does the writer remind the reader of the essay's thesis in the conclusion?

Multiple Choice

What score do you think the TSI algorithm would give essay P1?

• 1-2

• 3-4

• 5:

  thesis, topics, facts, elaboration

  
  

  =4+ paragraphs

• 6-7

Multiple Choice

What score do you think the TSI algorithm would give essay P2?

• 1-2

• 3-4

• 5:

  thesis, topics, facts, elaboration

  
  

  =4+ paragraphs

• 6-7

Multiple Choice

What score do you think the TSI algorithm would give essay P3?

• 1-2

• 3-4

• 5:

  thesis, topics, facts, elaboration

  
  

  =4+ paragraphs

• 6-7

Multiple Select

What kind of story evidence does the writer use in P3 to prove his or her thesis?

• Historical / News

• Entertainment

• Literary (Books)

• Personal

Multiple Choice

What score do you think the TSI algorithm would give essay P4?

• 1-2

• 3-4

• 5:

  thesis, topics, facts, elaboration

  
  

  =4+ paragraphs

• 6-7

Multiple Choice

What score do you think the TSI algorithm would give essay P6?

• 1-2

• 3-4

• 5:

  thesis, topics, facts, elaboration

  
  

  =4+ paragraphs

• 6-7

Multiple Choice

What score do you think the TSI algorithm would give essay P7?

• 1-2

• 3-4

• 5:

  thesis, topics, facts, elaboration

  
  

  =4+ paragraphs

• 6-7

Multiple Select

What kinds of story evidence does the writer use in P8 to prove his thesis?

• Historical / World

• Entertainment

• Literary (Books)

• Personal

Open Ended

What is the topic of the first body paragraph of P8 ("The beginning of overcoming..."

Open Ended

What is the topic of the second body paragraph of P8 ("At 16 I realized..."

Multiple Choice

What score do you think the TSI algorithm would give essay P8?

• 1-2

• 3-4

• 5:

  thesis, topics, facts, elaboration

  
  

  =4+ paragraphs

• 6-7

Open Ended

List three pieces of advice you'd give a friend to help him or her pass the TSI essay writing test.