caption: 23 A Summary of Why Reliance upon Formulaic Writing Produces Low Test Scores Ideas Domain (40% of the score) Major supporting points are repeated and often redundant Elaboration tends to be listy and overlapping Organization Domain (20% of the score) Transitional words and phrases are simplistic and repeated Supporting ideas are connected to the topic but not each other The order of ideas within the body of the essay is based on simple listing Style Domain (20% of the score) Word choice is repeated Sentence structure is repetitive The essay sound like fill in the blanks rather than establishing a writer's voice Conventions (20% of the score) Repetition prevents the writer from demonstrating knowledge of a variety of rules
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