English English assignment

Essay 1: Literary Analysis Checklist

______ Introductory paragraph includes the title of the work and the full name of the author

______ Heading adheres to MLA guidelines (see MLA Template in this folder) and looks like this:

_______ Your paper has an original title that reflects the focus of your essay (only major words capitalized, no underlining, no italicizing, no bolding, or no writing your title in a bigger size font)

_______ Thesis statement is clear and focuses the essay by taking a position on an interpretation of the literary work

_______ Each body paragraph is unified around a single idea and includes a topic sentence

_______ The order in which body paragraphs are presented is logical; ideas between paragraphs are clearly connected

_______ In-text citations (parenthetical citations) are included and correctly formatted

_______ Present tense to discuss ideas and action in the literary work

_______ Proper punctuation for titles (article titles in quotation marks, novel title italicized)

_______ Avoid “you,” “really,” “very” in formal writing; avoid “things” and “everything”

_______ Avoid contractions in formal writing: use “do not” instead of “don’t”

_______ The works cited page is formatted correctly and looks like this: