Arrange the Lettered Items Below in Order of Increasingly Favorable

Essay

Arrange the lettered items below in order of increasingly favorable emotive meaning. Instructor and/or students may want to fuss about some of our rankings in these problems. We've said (a) = (b) when (a) and (b) seem equally favorable to us.
The paper you turned in last week was
a. mediocre.
b. fine.
c. competent.
d. adequate.
e. quite good.