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THR 100 RESPONSE PAPER/CRITIQUE GUIDELINES

1. Format Do not use a cover page

Use one inch margins all around.

Do not use right margin justification.

Use your name as registered with the University

Papers must be typed, and double spaced.

Papers that are not typed will not be accepted.

Do not number your responses.

2. Length and content

Avoid extra words, especially “that, which, like, just.”

Pay attention to the assigned length; don’t write everything you know, but only the pertinent.

Do not include the plot or a blow by blow account of the play.

Do not preface your response by repeating the assigned question.

You must answer all of the assigned questions.

Do not use the title of the play as the title of your paper

3. Spelling

“Theatre” not “theater”

“Playwrighting” and “playwright”

All right is preferred to alright.

Do not confuse “your” and “you’re”, “its’” and “it’s.”

Refer to the program for correct spelling of actor/character names, designers names and play

title. “Okay” is better than “O.K.” or “ok.”

4. Punctuation

Double space after every sentence.

Watch for comma splices and run-ons.

Comma splice: “Neil Simon writes comedies, Christopher Durang writes satires.”

Run-on: “Arthur Miller studied playwrighting and he later wrote Death of a Salesman.”

Play titles, works of visual art, long musical works and film titles are underlined or italicized.

Titles of songs are in quotation marks.

Never use double or multiple punctuation, like this?!!

Begin each paragraph with a five space indention.

Quotation marks always go outside of commas and periods.

Introduce quotations with colons not commas.

5. Syntax and word choice

Avoid doubles; saying the same word or idea twice.

Be careful of vague sentence openings, such as: “there is, there are, it was, etc.”

Use the full name of a person on first mention; use at least the last name in each paragraph as

necessary.

Do no use the title of the even as the title of your paper.

Do not use “this” alone as the subject of a sentence; it is very confusing to the reader.

Avoid passive constructions and implied passives.

Passive: “The play was written by Sam Shepard.”

Revision: “Sam Shepard wrote the play.”

Implied passive: The performance was given last Thursday.”

Revision: The company performed last Thursday.”

6. Proofreading

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