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Peter L. Knudson ’13, a Crimson editorial writer, lives in Matthews Hall...
...Staff writer Scott Sherman can be reached at ssherman13@college.harvard.edu...
...specific subject very well might mean something to the grader. The true master of a generality is the man who can write a 10-page essay, which means nothing at all to him, and have it mean a great deal to anyone who reads it. The generality writer banks on the knowledge possessed by the grader, hoping the marker will read things into his essay...
...equivocator writes an essay about the point, but never on it. Consequently, the grader often mentally assumes that the right answer is known by the equivocator and marks the essay as an extension of the point rather than a complete irrelevance. The artful equivocation must imply the writer knows the right answer, but it must never be definite enough to eliminate any possibilities...
...Staff writer Elyssa A.L. Spitzer can be reached at spitzer@fas.harvard.edu...