Judgment-day Sentence Examples

If you’ve ever had a slice of pecan pie and thought, "Wow, this is the best dessert I’ve ever had," you already have experience with the first step in evaluation. Now you just have to build out all the qualities that make that pecan pie so good (amazing crust, perfectly sweet filling, fresh pecans) and you’ve basically got a whole evaluation essay on your hands. Once you get a good handle on evaluation essays, writing one will be as easy as pie.

Say someone asks you the circumference of the Earth. Do you attempt to give an approximate answer based on your limited knowledge of the topic, or do you search for the answer? If you try to answer the question, this is an example of heuristics because you are using the knowledge you have on hand to make an educated guess.