How would you define "sufficient detail"? (1 Viewer)

[speedofsound]

One of my biggest problems with English is the amount of detail I right in my essays. Who else gets this: when you discuss your response in plenty of detail, you get told you're rambling too much, however when you write in less detail, you get told it's not enough. This has got to be one of my biggest frustrations in English, how are we meant to know what's enough or isn't enough?

 

[lyounamu]

One of my biggest problems with English is the amount of detail I right in my essays. Who else gets this: when you discuss your response in plenty of detail, you get told you're rambling too much, however when you write in less detail, you get told it's not enough. This has got to be one of my biggest frustrations in English, how are we meant to know what's enough or isn't enough?

Well it depends on the amount of time given for your essay. For example,my teacher always said that you are supposed to write about 4+ pages if you are given 40+ minutes. 4 pages would probably be around 1000 words may be? And in assignments, they usually give you the length so yeah...

By the way, it's also important to use right vocabulary.

EDIT: Amount of details depends on your response too. As long as you provided:
thesis statement, quotes/examples , explanations and conclusion to every paragraph, it's sufficient. And don't try to go too detailed because by doing that you may jeopardise the other sections because you may run out of time.

 

[suzlee]

OH MY GOD, I KNOW.
English teachers are the FUSSIEST fussheads ever


IMO!
Sufficient detail: an imaginary line drawn between "too little" and "too much" that exists in biased English teachers' stubborn and fussy minds.

 

[supercalamari]

OH MY GOD, I KNOW.
English teachers are the FUSSIEST fussheads ever


IMO!
Sufficient detail: an imaginary line drawn between "too little" and "too much" that exists in biased English teachers' stubborn and fussy minds.

I'd imagine it would be aweful for you suzlee, cause you don't like English. It's like that with maths for me, I don't care about slight inaccuracies in answers for questions. I get my tests back and argh

 

[suzlee]

I'd imagine it would be aweful for you suzlee, cause you don't like English. It's like that with maths for me, I don't care about slight inaccuracies in answers for questions. I get my tests back and argh

LOL
I can't even describe how much I hated English in year 9. My English teacher this year made it a lot easier for me to last through English lessons
But with maths too, although I enjoy it, I sometimes feel like it's too much work... you have to be consistent with your studying to maintain your marks

 

[xXmuffin0manXx]

LOL
I can't even describe how much I hated English in year 9. My English teacher this year made it a lot easier for me to last through English lessons
But with maths too, although I enjoy it, I sometimes feel like it's too much work... you have to be consistent with your studying to maintain your marks

lol..i love english

just the language english and everything associated to english is elegant

btw to op: read the outcomes to be assessed or whatever its called..usually it tells you what they want..

 

[suzlee]

lol..i love english

just the language english and everything associated to english is elegant

btw to op: read the outcomes to be assessed or whatever its called..usually it tells you what they want..

Are you sure?

 

[xXmuffin0manXx]

Are you sure?

to me











maybe not including poetry..

okay poetry is gay

 

[suzlee]

to me











maybe not including poetry..

okay poetry is gay

Ha! I knew it.

 

[xXmuffin0manXx]

Ha! I knew it.

heres a poem i just wrote

I like to hide away from nasty girl
because she does not look like a pearl
when she made an account on 'some' site
i jumped with shock and screamed with fright!



get it ?!?!?!

 

[suzlee]

heres a poem i just wrote

I like to hide away from nasty girl
because she does not look like a pearl
when she made an account on 'some' site
i jumped with shock and screamed with fright!



get it ?!?!?!

No that really doesn't make ANY sense to me at all ......

 

[xXmuffin0manXx]

No that really doesn't make ANY sense to me at all ......

=.=;;

serious ?

 

[suzlee]

=.=;;

serious ?

Of course I'm serious...

Does it make any sense to you, other BOSers?

 

[xXmuffin0manXx]

Of course I'm serious...

Does it make any sense to you, other BOSers?

yes..

 

[Timothy.Siu]

wat is it talking about...

 

[xXmuffin0manXx]

okayy..failure on my part

 

[suzlee]

hahaha yay!

 

[xXmuffin0manXx]

lets talk about gossip girl now !!!!!

 

[-tal-]

heres a poem i just wrote

I like to hide away from nasty girl
because she does not look like a pearl
when she made an account on 'some' site
i jumped with shock and screamed with fright!



get it ?!?!?!

... that does not make sense whatsoever. I could critique it if you want, but maybe I don't know you well enough to know what on earth you're trying to say.

 

[suzlee]

LOL eww, no

Yeah give him the full critic's point of view!