Think about the title of 1 short story. How does that title set your expectations for the story itself? Are those expectations fulfilled or not?

Final Draft Checklist

All essays for ENGL 200 should:

· Have, instead of a title page, a cover letter that answers the questions specified below

· Be in MLA manuscript format

· Contain correctly formatted MLA-style in-text citations in the form of both signal phrases and parenthetical citations

· Contain an MLA-style Works Cited list of all works cited in the essay

· Be saved as a .doc or .docx file (NO .wps files, please!) with a file name formatted in the following style: YourlastnameFirstinitial_Unit#Essay.doc

Essays missing one or more of these elements will lose points.

Cover Letter Questions

The following questions should be answered in all essay cover letters:

1. What work or works are you writing on, and why did you choose to write on this work or these works?

2. What critical question were you exploring in this essay? Did you find this question difficult to answer?

3. How did your understanding of the work(s) about which you are writing change as you wrote this essay? If it did not change, why do you think that was?

4. What did you find the hardest about your writing process for this essay?

5. What do you see as the essay's strengths and why?

6. What do you see as the essay's weaknesses and why?

7. What specific feedback would you like from your instructor?

Remember that these questions should be answered in the form of a letter. See the Sample MLA Essay for an example of what the cover letter should look like.