Clint Eastwood: A Vocabulary Analysis
In evaluating the persuasive essay titled “Clint Eastwood: Timeless Icon or Spurious Miscreant?”, I find it to have strong content and good organization. The essay has solid vocabulary and interesting facts, though I do not find it to be a persuasive essay. Additionally, the essay had several improper APA citations and references as well as sentence structure and other grammatical errors. Are strong content, solid vocabulary and good organization enough to offset the errors and shortcomings to make this a quality essay?
The essay began poorly with the page number not properly placed in the top right corner, instead, centered on the second line of the header and followed by a short introduction paragraph that started with a definition. Though …show more content…
On page 2, 3rd paragraph there is a citation for (Steigal, 1971) without a reference to go with it. This could be a misspelling of the last name “Siegal”, which there is a reference for, but lacks a date for the reference. Furthermore, on page 6 there is a citation for (Fisher, 2013) that does not have a reference. Lastly, the following reference is in the “References”, though there is no citation for it anywhere in the essay:
“Papi, G., Colombo, A [Producers]. Leone, S. [Director]. (1964). A Fistful of Dollars, starring Clint Eastwood. [Motion Picture]. Spain: Izaro Films, Italy: Unidis, & West Germany: Constantine Films.”
Additionally, page 8 has a comma missing in the citation “(Eastwood 1982)” followed by a large space before the conclusion. Considering the conclusion states, “In the end, this is all a matter of opinion.” is further proof that this was not a persuasive essay. This paragraph has two additional errors, the first is “You could, look almost look at” (correction: omit “,look”) and there is a beginning quotation mark, “You know… with no ending quotation mark.
If the essay had no “Spurious Miscreant” section, I feel this would be a quality persuasive essay. There would still be a few errors and flaws, but the reader wouldn’t see Clint Eastwood as “extraordinary” or as “having a broken moral compass”, instead, they would be persuaded to see Clint Eastwood as a “Timeless
The essay began poorly with the page number not properly placed in the top right corner, instead, centered on the second line of the header and followed by a short introduction paragraph that started with a definition. Though …show more content…
On page 2, 3rd paragraph there is a citation for (Steigal, 1971) without a reference to go with it. This could be a misspelling of the last name “Siegal”, which there is a reference for, but lacks a date for the reference. Furthermore, on page 6 there is a citation for (Fisher, 2013) that does not have a reference. Lastly, the following reference is in the “References”, though there is no citation for it anywhere in the essay:
“Papi, G., Colombo, A [Producers]. Leone, S. [Director]. (1964). A Fistful of Dollars, starring Clint Eastwood. [Motion Picture]. Spain: Izaro Films, Italy: Unidis, & West Germany: Constantine Films.”
Additionally, page 8 has a comma missing in the citation “(Eastwood 1982)” followed by a large space before the conclusion. Considering the conclusion states, “In the end, this is all a matter of opinion.” is further proof that this was not a persuasive essay. This paragraph has two additional errors, the first is “You could, look almost look at” (correction: omit “,look”) and there is a beginning quotation mark, “You know… with no ending quotation mark.
If the essay had no “Spurious Miscreant” section, I feel this would be a quality persuasive essay. There would still be a few errors and flaws, but the reader wouldn’t see Clint Eastwood as “extraordinary” or as “having a broken moral compass”, instead, they would be persuaded to see Clint Eastwood as a “Timeless