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IWA Concerns

IWA Concerns. Things to avoid; it’s never too late. The Title . Think about the title. Give your paper a creative title. What is the purpose of a title? Same font as the body Same font size as the body No underlining No bolding No italicizing . Mechanical Items.

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IWA Concerns

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  1. IWA Concerns Things to avoid; it’s never too late

  2. The Title • Think about the title. Give your paper a creative title. What is the purpose of a title? • Same font as the body • Same font size as the body • No underlining • No bolding • No italicizing

  3. Mechanical Items • Connecting sentences is a problem. Let’s review the comma rules. Go to my website and print them off. • Semicolons are a problem. Let’s review the semicolon rules. Go to my website and print them off. • (almost) Never put a comma before ‘because’

  4. Formatting Items • Spacing – the ENTIRE paper is double spaced. That includes between paragraphs and after the title. • Let me introduce you to paragraphs. You need a new paragraph each time the speaker changes, but how about using them for other reasons?

  5. Advice • Don’t just try to answer the prompt by just rambling on and on. Dreams are important. You have to have dreams. If you don’t have dreams, you won’t know where you are going. Blah, blah, blah… • Yuck! Do you want to read those? I don’t either, and they don’t say “anything” • Take a compositional risk

  6. Compositional Risk Taking Tell a story • What kind of anecdote could you tell to convey your message? Tell a story. Remember the introduction and the conclusion are supposed to add DEPTH to the essay. You want your reader to think, and leave them with a thought.

  7. Compositional Risk Taking Use dialogue • Include dialogue in your story, but use it properly. • Start a new paragraph EVERYTIME the speaker changes • Commas and periods ALWAYS inside the quotations

  8. Question Marks & Quotations • If the sentence is a question, place the question mark outside the end quotes. Did Jennifer just say, “I don’t think so?” • If the words in quotes are a question, place the question mark inside the end quotes. Jennifer asked, “What time do we have to leave?” Note: The same procedures apply to the exclamation point.

  9. Compositional Risk Taking Take on another point of view Use the voice of someone or something else • How about speaking from the point of view of an inanimate object or an animal? • Perhaps telling a story (as mentioned earlier) • Something different and risky – not extremely boring

  10. “be” Verbs • Don’t use them. Any questions? • You CANNOT just delete them! (That is an exclamatory) • You need to remove the passive voice created with “be” verbs and use active voice (action verbs) • You have to DELETE the sentence(s) with “be” verb(s) and create new sentences – May I suggest the Five Brush Strokes?

  11. A Note on Structure • Formulaic introductions and conclusions are a BIG – “NOT!” • Ideas for introductions? (see PowerPoint page on website) • Conclusions – leave your reader with something (New/Unknown/Not previously revealed/Thoughtful)

  12. Verb Tenses Must Agree • Verb tenses must agree • Would you say: • I went to the store and get a newspaper. • I went to the store and get a newspaper. • Of course not – but that is how your sentences are

  13. Proofreading • Don’t turn something in to me that you haven’t proofed. I don’t have time to be your editor. • I don’t have time to tell you to capitalize the first word in a sentence or explain the difference between plural and possessive – the list goes on. • When your paper contains horrendous errors that anyone could have caught if they read it, it’s time to adjust your procedures

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