How many marks lost for not including conclusion (1 Viewer)

[Starship22]

Hi, I ran out of time to write a conclusion on my 20 mark essay, which led me to write [INSERT INTRO HERE AS CONCLUSION].

How many marks would I lose, assuming that my essay is pretty decent all around?

 

[earlgreyteawithmilkfoam]

maximum i've seen someone get is 18 without a conclusion (but generally it is less)

 

[iloveeggs]

Hi, I ran out of time to write a conclusion on my 20 mark essay, which led me to write [INSERT INTRO HERE AS CONCLUSION].

How many marks would I lose, assuming that my essay is pretty decent all around?

ok so im gonna speak abt my specific school here, this might not be applicable to everyone

in my school they value your arguments and quality of your writing over overall structure. ive seen a few ppl get full marks without conclusions but they have top-notch body paragraphs. also keep in mind even without a conclusion their incomplete essay as a stand alone met the marking criteria, so they answered the question well enough in the bodies for it to work even without a link back to the q in the end.

ive seen a sample essay for prelims that was so good my teacher called it a 25/20 and so it got 20/20 even without the conclusion

that being said its hard to do that and if your body paragraphs are whatever you might lose one or 2 marks at most.

 

[tigerian]

As a marker an essay without some sort of conclusion is considered incomplete. I would probably mark it around 17 maximum

 

[igor9]

hello mr sir, i got a 19 once in year 11 without a conclusion or finishing my 3rd body with an ultimately sentence, i definitely think it is still possible.

 

[tigerian]

hello mr sir, i got a 19 once in year 11 without a conclusion or finishing my 3rd body with an ultimately sentence, i definitely think it is still possible.

it’s definitely possible but with marking being so subjective Im just asking if it’s worth the risk? This is still a very contentious debate in our perspectives as markers . I would encourage everyone to at least have a one sentence conclusion.( preferably 2 or 3 ). At least your marker revognises your essay is finished

 

[igor9]

thank you for ur wisdom mr sir

 

[iloveeggs]

i think its really dependent on the marker and quality of everything else you've written but def don't count on getting good marks w/o a conclusion. i dont think it would fly in the hsc

 

[QuiteLiterate]

Hi, I ran out of time to write a conclusion on my 20 mark essay, which led me to write [INSERT INTRO HERE AS CONCLUSION].

How many marks would I lose, assuming that my essay is pretty decent all around?

Hi Starship!

HSC markers are trained to avoid 'deducting' marks or 'penalising' mistakes, and instead, they're tasked with rewarding what what is done successfully in a script. If you don't have a conclusion, the main impacted criterion will be the third dot point relating to control of language/form for purpose, audience, and context, which will likely be bumped to a B-C range. It'll depend entirely on the quality of everything else you've written, but it's rare to see an incomplete, albeit exceptional script achieve anything beyond a high B-range.

 

[jay_son]

Hi, I ran out of time to write a conclusion on my 20 mark essay, which led me to write [INSERT INTRO HERE AS CONCLUSION].

How many marks would I lose, assuming that my essay is pretty decent all around?

yeah, unlucky... one of my mates didn't write a conclusion and he got a 10 lmao

 

[igor9]

yeah, unlucky... one of my mates didn't write a conclusion and he got a 10 lmao

perhaps it wasn't because of his conclusion, perhaps it was because of his shit essay innit??

 

[vajayjay]

yeah, unlucky... one of my mates didn't write a conclusion and he got a 10 lmao

clearly the conclusion wasnt the only problem

 

[fesi2w3]

I've lost 1 mark from my essay for not putting a conclusion (because essay structure, y'know), it's largely a matter of quality. At my school you're better off trying to squeeze one in, it's fine as long as it exists and says what it needs to say in as minimal words possible, it doesn't even have to be good but it could be different for yours

 

[jay_son]

perhaps it wasn't because of his conclusion, perhaps it was because of his shit essay innit??

lmao just a joke, i was trying to say not writing a conclusion isn't too deep, he'll still get a decent mark if his essay was good

 

[iloveeggs]

HSC markers are trained to avoid 'deducting' marks or 'penalising' mistakes, and instead, they're tasked with rewarding what what is done successfully in a script.

totally agree, i have heard my english teachers say this pretty much word for word. obv its not ideal to leave out a conclusion but yeah it depends on where the marking criteria says you are in terms of meeting outcomes