Tag: Esl Writing
HAWC · HIR Academic Writing Contest · Independent Student Guide
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When Your HIR Essay Is a Fact Tour: A Three-Layer Test for Answering the Prompt
A fact-tour essay lists sourced events without connecting them to the HIR prompt. This paragraph-by-paragraph diagnostic—what happened, why, and what it means for your question—shows when to keep, move or delete each fact, and… Read article →
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Ten of the 60 Points Are in the Joins: Transitions and Coherence in an HIR Essay
Structure-and-transitions and coherence are two rubric lines worth ten points together. Three tests and a given-new rule that make five paragraphs read as one argument. Read article →
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AP Style for International Affairs: The Rules That Actually Cost HIR Points
Style is 30 of the 60 points. A working reference to the AP conventions that decide them in a global-affairs essay: numbers, dates, names, second reference and punctuation. Read article →