English IV TSI Practice

 Essay 1. Do works of art have the power to change people’s lives? Some people say a book or a movie has the power to do just that. Are they exaggerating, or can art have such a large impact on individuals? What you need to do and how it is scored The essay section of the TSIA in Writing requires you to demonstrate clear focus, to logically develop ideas in well-organized paragraphs, and to use appropriate language that indicates your purpose. You will be asked to provide a 350-500 word essay in response to one randomly selected prompt out of the many prompts within the system. You will be scored based on your performance in the following areas: Purpose and Focus: The extent to which you present information in a unified and coherent manner, clearly addressing the issue. 

• Organization and Structure: The extent to which you order and connect ideas. 

• Development and Support: The extent to which you develop and support ideas. 

· Sentence Variety and Style: The extent to which you craft sentences and paragraphs demonstrating control of vocabulary, voice, and structure.

 Mechanical Conventions: The extent to which you express ideas using Standard English. 

Critical Thinking: The extent to which you communicate a point of view and demonstrate reasoned relationships among ideas. The essays are electronically scored by a unique automated system that is specifically designed to score assignments. This system evaluates the meaning of text, not just grammatical correctness or spelling. 

Your essay is compared for similarities to a set of at least 500 other student essays that have been graded by two expert human readers. It is then placed in the same scoring category as the essays to which it is most similar.