Style Word Choice. These writers use lively, interesting concrete language that carries precise meanings and emotions. Word choice is appropriate to the writer s purpose. Sentence Variety . Writers vary sentence length and type, making the writing interesting and readable.
Writers use a tone appropriate to argument, sometimes shifting tone for rhetorical effect.
They evidence confidence, conviction, belief and sometimes enthusiasm. Exceptional papers show a flair resulting from interesting ideas expressed in an original or artful way. Some may not take a stand at all, but will evaluate both sides and conclude that neither is preferable or offer a compromise or a third position. Reasons, evidence, examples, information and anecdotes are developed but with less elaboration than in a six-point paper. Relevance of Arguments.