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Essay Writing
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Essay Writing Checklist
  1. Type and double space 10-12 pt. plain font
  2. Include your name, class, and the date on page
    one.
  3. A title, centered at top do not use the name of
    the book or the assignment topic avoid the words
    "paper," "essay," "assignment")
  4. Not a single I or you statement, except in a
    personal or autobiographical essay (includes
    other forms me, my, your, we, us)
  5. No informal language or slang (e.g., gonna,
    hecka, wanna, okay, sucks, lame, alright,) no
    email abbreviations (brb) or emoticons like -)
    -( -p
  6. Avoid contractions (e.g., won't, can't, they're,
    he's, she'd)
  7. Write out numbers up to and including
    one-hundred one, two, three, not 1, 2, 3 also
    first, second, not 1st, 2nd.
  8. Proofread - Spell-check programs will not help
    when you make mistakes like there/their,
    where/were/wear, now/know, weather/whether,
    your/youre, then/than, affect/effect,
    though/through.
  9. Literary present tense (Romeo loves Juliet
    Curley yells at Lennie).
  10. Include a bibliography in alphabetical order
    and not numbered.

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Referring to Titles of Books and other Works
To Kill a Mockingbird or To Kill a Mockingbird
(Books) Romeo and Juliet or Romeo and Juliet
(Plays) Toronto Star, or Macleans (Newspapers and
magazines) Jaws or Jaws (Film and TV
programs) Starry Night (Art) The Boy Who Cried
Wolf (Parables) The Last Piece (Articles from
print or websites) The Raven (Poems) Bohemian
Rhapsody (Songs) Russel, Bertrand Arthur
William."  Encyclopedia of Philosophy
(Encyclopedia entries)
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Using Quotations in Essays  
From the moment she appears in the novel, Maudie
Atkinson is portrayed as a kind-hearted woman,
providing a female role model to Scout "Miss
Maudie was the picture of Southern womanhood, and
I studied her every move" (p. 14). It is clear
that Scout sees this relationship as a learning
opportunity. Boo Radley is misunderstood by
the children, who picture him as a monster,
"six-and-a-half feet tall with sharp teeth and
huge claws, ready to eat the raw flesh of any
creature he could catch" (p. 2). Scout's
exaggerations of Boo Radley are obviously
unrealistic, from a mature viewpoint. Atticus
is skilled at helping the children understand
problems, and his advice, "You never really
understand a person until you see things from
their point of view," (p. 31), proves helpful to
Scout on numerous occasions.  
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Note About Quotations...
  • The content of quotations is NOT necessarily
    dialogue.
  • Quotations are introduced, and are part of the
    sentence that introduces them. There is a comma
    or a colon to separate the introduction from the
    quote itself. Quotations should never begin a
    paragraph.
  • Quotations are followed by an explanation or more
    information. Quotations should never end a
    paragraph.
  • The page number is in parentheses (abbreviated
    only as "p."), and outside the quotation marks.
  • There is no period in the quotation marks.
    Periods belong only at the very end of the
    sentence.

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Punctuation Quotes in Essays
Ellipsis () to indicate words left out. Use
four dots if it is two sentences.
Square Brackets to indicate what you have added,
such as changing a pronoun to a proper
noun. Example Gretzky retired.
Colon () when you use a complete sentence to
introduce a quotation.
Single quotation marks for quotations within
quotations
Indents indent passages longer than 4 lines on
both sides of the quotation
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Essay Writing Little Details
  •  1. Do research.
  • Any research will do. Newspaper and magazine for
    current events. Books and reliable websites for
    in depth information and statistics.
  •  
  • 2. Document the research correctly.
  • State where you found your information. (example
    According to John Smiths June 16, 2004 Toronto
    Star article The Last Piece, cakes taste better
    when they are eaten without utensils).
  •  
  • 3. Find and Identify the Most Important
    Information in a Story or Book.
  • Citations should relate to your thesis. Dont
    just use citations for the sake of having a
    citation.
  • 4. Have a Title Page (and a Title)
  • An Essay is not a Title. Your title should
    relate directly to your thesis.
  •  

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The 3 Phases of Writing an Effective Essay
  • Phase 1 The Rough Copy (10-30 minutes)
  •  
  • The first copy of your essay should be written
    quickly and easily.
  • Do not worry about spelling or finding the right
    word.
  • Freewrite, which means, just write whatever comes
    to your head.
  • Dont edit.
  • Dont stop writing to think more than a few
    seconds.
  • Write bad ideas.
  • Use shortforms, where possible (e.g. book titles,
    characters names)
  • Leave space for corrections and new ideas (e.g.
    double space or leave lots of extra space along
    the side of the page)
  • Stop writing when you have more writing than you
    need.
  •  

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Phase 2 The Edited Rough Copy (30-120 minutes)
  •  Do not write the whole rough essay again as it
    is!
  • Edit and add information directly to the rough
    copy.
  • Check information is accurate and relevant.
  • Change your argument if you have discovered a
    better one or if you change your mind about what
    you want to write.
  • Make your thesis a strong statement that you want
    to write about and can prove
  • Use a dictionary and a thesaurus to improve the
    level of your language.
  • Verify names. Make sure they are spelled
    correctly.
  • Do research.
  • Find and write out specific evidence that
    supports your essays argument (thesis).
  • Find or create each body paragraphs topic
    sentence and put it at the top of the paragraph
    if it isnt already there.
  • Create a hook for your introduction, using a
    quotation, startling story or statistic.
  •  

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Phase 3 The Master Copy (Good copy) (10-15
minutes)
  • Now rewrite the essay, incorporating all that you
    have done to the rough copy.
  • Spell out all short forms.
  • After you have typed the essay, check for errors.
    The Master Copy should be flawless.
  • Have another person read the Master Copy to check
    for errors that you might have missed.
  • The Master Copy should be much shorter than the
    original Rough Copy and the Edited Rough Copy.
  • Hand it in early to get feedback and be ready to
    improve it.

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Thesis Statement (main argument)
  • The thesis statement is an argument or opinion
    that you base on research or literature that you
    have read.
  • A thesis should be specific and can be proved. It
    must be proved.
  • The thesis statement is the most important part
    of an essay. Really, without one, you have failed
    the assignment.
  • Sometimes you will find a thesis easily and
    quickly. Other times you will have to make a plan
    or start writing and find a thesis by looking at
    the evidence first.
  • The thesis should appear in two places in an
    essay the introduction and the conclusion.

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The Body of the Essay
  • The Body of an Essay is every paragraph but the
    first paragraph (Introduction) and last
    (Conclusion). 
  • Each paragraph needs a topic sentence.
  • The topic sentence usually is the first sentence.
    The rest of the sentences prove and support it.
  • You should be able to rearrange the paragraphs
    within the Body of an Essay and not lose the
    meaning of the paragraph because each paragraph
    illustrates the specific idea or topic described
    by the topic sentence.

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The Introduction and Hook
  • The Introduction begins with a statement that
    interests the reader, referred to as a HOOK.  
  • The Hook relates directly to topic and thesis.
  • The Hook may be
  • - a description of a specific event or story from
    history or current event that relates to the
    thesis
  • - a description of an anecdote (personal story)
    that relates to the thesis
  • - a quotation (what someone once said or wrote)
  • - a question that the thesis will attempt to
    answer or address.

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Conclusion
  • The Conclusion should respond or relate back to
    the original hook in some way.
  • Dont give advice, such as Clearcutting must be
    stopped or opinions Clearcutting is bad)
  • Never make a claim that is not proven or
    mentioned elsewhere.
  • Restate your thesis.

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Three Parts of a Conclusion
  • Restate the main premise
  • 2. Present one or two general sentences which
    accurately summarise your arguments
  • 3. Provides a general warning of the consequences
    of not following the premise that you put forward
    and/or a general statement of how the community
    will benefit from following that premise.

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Ordering sentences in a conclusion
  • Task Put the following sentences into correct
    order. The main premise is that the government
    should spend more money on childcare places for
    the children of parents who study or work.
  • a. If we fail to meet our obligations in this
    area, we will be sacrificing our present and
    future well-being merely in order to appease
    out-dated notions of family life and to achieve
    short-term financial savings.
  • b. In conclusion, it is essential that we support
    the nation's parents and children by funding more
    childcare places.
  • c. Only in this way can we provide the valuable
    learning environments that young Australians need
    while, at the same time, utilising the skills of
    all productive members of our society.
  • d. The entire national community will then be
    enriched economically, socially and culturally.
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