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Announcing

Announcing. TAKE THESE OUT: This quote means that… This quote supports the topic because … This means that… This is important because… This shows… This means…. AEC x 3. 11 sentences per body paragraph Topic Sentence (1) Quotes (3) Assertions (3) Commentaries (3)

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Announcing

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  1. Announcing TAKE THESE OUT: This quote means that… This quote supports the topic because… This means that… This is important because… This shows… This means…

  2. AEC x 3 11 sentences per body paragraph Topic Sentence (1) Quotes (3) Assertions (3) Commentaries (3) Concluding Sentence (1)

  3. 2nd person Pronouns you your yours Yourself You’re

  4. 1st person Pronouns I, me, my, mine, myself our, ours, ourselves we, us

  5. Lead-ins Somebody said (only 2) Blended Sentence (check for a colon) *At least one of each! *No more than 2 “Somebody Says…”

  6. End Punctuation • Periods, etc. • After documentation Grant says, “Jefferson, you are not a hog” (Gaines 45). Exception: exclamation points, question marks Janie shouts, “Get out ma house!” (Hurston 4). Puzzled, Nanny inquires, “Whassamatta wit youse, Janie?” (Hurston 21). *Period at the end of every bibliography on the Works Cited page.

  7. Documentation • 1984: • Orwell Check for: • Spelling • Name in Lead-in & documentation? • Page # (book) • n.pag. (articles) • Last name ONLY

  8. Contractions • Isn’t • Don’t • Can’t • Didn’t • Wouldn’t • Couldn’t • Shouldn’t • Won’t • Aren’t • Haven’t • Doesn’t • Hadn’t • They’re • We’re • She’d • He’d • They’d • It’s

  9. Symbols @ & # $ %  

  10. Text/Twitter Abbreviations • 4=for, four • u=you • i=I • Cuz=because • B4=before • Luv=love • B/w=between • w/=with, w/o=without • idk=I don’t know • Btw=by the way • Fyi=for your information • Omg=oh my goodness • b/c=because • 2=to, too, two • Ur=your • Ily= I love you. (aww)<3

  11. THAT Try the sentence without it… if it makes sense, cross it out.

  12. WELL and SO Too conversational These are not conjunctions or transitions for a formal research paper.

  13. A LOT and THINGS Absolutely NOWHERE in the paper (unquoted) should there be “a lot.” Many, more, several, plethora, variety, various, numerous, abundance, profusion… The word “THINGS” is vague.

  14. Literary Present • Skim entire paper for references to the novel: • Are all references made in present tense?

  15. Miscellaneous • The Party = it, its • Helping verbs = Passive Voice • Be Active!!! • Check & double-check subject/verb agreement • Don’t be vague! • Stand-alone this, that, these, those, etc. = VAGUE

  16. First Page 4 lines: Your name Mrs. Vickrey Honors Brit Lit/? Block 30 September 2013 Title: centered; title of play in italics, not in bold, not quotation marks Header NOT on first page! Paragraphs indented

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