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What we need to work on

What we need to work on. Also known as: What you did wrong!. Use of 1 st and second person. Do not directly address the read or employ the use of the 2 nd person: This includes you and your Do not use 1 st person in an attempt to assert your own opinion: Firstly , I don’t care.

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What we need to work on

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  1. What we need to work on Also known as: What you did wrong!

  2. Use of 1st and second person • Do not directly address the read or employ the use of the 2nd person: • This includes you and your • Do not use 1st person in an attempt to assert your own opinion: • Firstly, I don’t care. • Secondly, this includes but is not limited to: I, my we, and our. • Instead focus on making all claims, personal or otherwise, using academic diction and statements of fact.

  3. Transitions: • Don’t use first(ly) and second(ly).

  4. Format: • According to MLA specifications (which you must adhere to for this particular assignment) there must be a 1” margin on each side of the paper and at the bottom. • Those of you who adjusted these margins to get your 5 pages? I am aware. Fix it! • While we’re on the topic: Font needs to be 12pt. Times New Roman and spacing must be double. Note that just because spacing is doubled DOES NOT mean that you need to put an extra space between paragraphs – Word does this for you (how nice of them!)

  5. In-text citations: • According to MLA format, in-text citations require that you list the name of the author and the page number of paraphrased or quoted material: • According to E.L. James, “Twilight is like, the best book ever!” (James 22). • Please note, no comma is needed between the page number and the author’s last name. Additionally, the period that ends the sentence ALWAYS falls at the end of the citation and not at the end of the quoted material. The only exception to this rule is if a question mark (?) or exclamation point (!) ends the quoted sentence.

  6. Embedding Quotes: • When using quoted material that is not your own, you must embed the quote within a sentence in your essay. There are two primary ways this can be accomplished: • Using an introductory phrase: • Introduce (or conclude) the quote with a phrase that establishes its context. • Ex. – In her book King of All Realms, Kelly Bundy writes, “Shoe salesmen are by far the most attractive men on the planet. Like totally” (45). • Chunking the quote • Use small parts of quoted material to enhance an already established point. Usually these chunks consist of less than 5 words and help to reaffirm a point that you have already made rather than establishing a new one: • Ex. – At this point in his life he was “both over the bridge and under it” (Salvador 18) when he fell “quietly into the void of nothingness” (Jimson) to his death.

  7. Random Thoughts • Academic Diction • Paragraphing • Organization in general (thematic vs. chronological) • Titles • Title of paper • “Things” and “stuff” • Announcing

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