- Your paper should be typed, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font with standard 1-inch margins, approximately 650-750 words (2-2.5 pages).
- You must use three quotations (one quote for each body paragraph). DO NOT simply plug in a long quotation to full up space. You should have twice as much of your own writing relating to each quotation you use.
- Do not use I, you, or we in a formal paper
- Proof read for run-on sentences
- Properly cite quotations: (Author's Last Name page#).
- Use the present tense (not past or future)
- Use the active tense (not passive)
- Number each page.
- Format the paper correctly: name, course, section, date in the right margin; title in bold; no extra space between paragraphs
GENERAL GUIDELINE
Introduction: 6-7 sentences
- First Sentence: Introduce author and play and make general comment on play
- Body sentences: should give some indication as to what you will cover in your body paragraphs of the paper.
- Thesis statement (this is something that you are going to argue in your paper – what is your point? Use the essay question to help you write this.)
- First sentence: Topic sentence
- Second sentence: Introduce Quote – speaker? What is happening?
- Quote: remember to cite it properly (Author’s Last Name, p #). Do not use a quote that is longer than five lines for one paragraph. Only one quote per paragraph
- Fourth sentence: Explain quote in your own words
- Fifth and Sixth sentences: Explain the significance of the quote to your topic sentence. Answer the question: why this quote? What does this quote say that is important?
- Seventh sentence: transitional sentence – try to connect idea of this paragraph to the next paragraph.
- First sentence: Restate your thesis
- Second sentence: General comment
- Start specific and end general
- Last sentence: Give the reader something to take home.
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