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Writing assignments that do not provide evidence of college-level writing

The following types of writing assignments do not fulfill the Gordon Rule requirement because they do not meet the five criteria (central thesis; adequate support; organization; grammar/punctuation; format/style).

Resumes

Freewriting

Emails

Brainstorming

Creative Writing

Annotations

PowerPoint Presentation

One-Minute Paper










































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