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Self-Editing

Self-Editing. What you should consider:. Do I have size 12 font, times new roman? Do I have one inch margins? Do I have a proper “title area” and page numbers? Are each of my paragraphs indented? Are my long and short quotations cited properly?

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Self-Editing

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  1. Self-Editing

  2. What you should consider: • Do I have size 12 font, times new roman? • Do I have one inch margins? • Do I have a proper “title area” and page numbers? • Are each of my paragraphs indented? • Are my long and short quotations cited properly? • Do I use bold, italics, or underlining (when I shouldn’t)? • Is the title, A Midsummer Night’s Dream always in italics? • Have I spelt Shakespeare correctly? • Do I have a Works Cited page?

  3. What you should consider... • Is my title creative? Is it in size 12 font, times new roman, with no bold, underline, or italics? • Am I using formal language? • No contractions (don’t= do not) • No first person (using I or You) • No slang (gunna see you) • No informal words (the bad guys are coming)

  4. I have avoided... • Introducing your quotes with the following lines: • A demonstration of this is • An example is • As shown • Starting my analysis with: • This quote shows • The above quotation demonstrates

  5. I have avoided... • REALLY long quotations • Clichés • Questions in my essay • Past tense (fall vs. has fallen) • Got/gets (Romeo gets banished) • Making up your own quotation formatting

  6. I have avoided... • Fluff • Sentences that say nothing • Unnecessary wordiness • Due to the fact that = because • Inappropriate Word choice • Diverse does not mean the same thing as different

  7. REMEMBER! • S (your first reason and context of the quotation) and A (explain what the quotation means, explaining HOW a quotation proves your author’s message– not just telling me that it does!) • PROVE IT! • Include concluding sentences at the end of each paragraph. • Be straight-forward?

  8. We will be peer editing tomorrow!Please submit your original and typed rough copies before you leave class today!

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