Macbeth Character Essay Checklist

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Pagination (4) upper right corner last name & page # on each page except pg. 1 McCloud 2

Spacing (4) double spaced from name ↓ to last line of essay John Smith Mrs. McCloud English 2, Period 1 April 23, 2019 Death Vader: Allegory Analysis in “The Masque of the Red Death” In the world today and in the past, humans have obsessed over the fear of death. People go through many methods to block…

Header (4) John Smith Mrs. McCloud English 2, Period 3 April 23, 2019 top left → first page First Last Name Instructor’s Name Course, Period Date formal structure no abbreviations John Smith Mrs. McCloud English 2, Period 3 April 23, 2019

center title below heading Allegory in Animal Farm John Smith Mrs. McCloud English 2, Period 1 April 23, 2019 John Smith Mrs. McCloud English 2, Period 1 April 23, 2019 Allegory in Animal Farm 

Title (4) NO bold NO underlining NO italicizing NO “quotation marks” NO all CAPS only title of literary work

Title—Capitalization Rules Capital Letters first letters of principal words first/last word first word after colon lowercase conjunctions FANBOYS articles a, an, the prepositions

Allegory in Animal Farm Title (4) same font style & font size as rest of essay John Smith Mrs. McCloud English 2, Period 1 April 23, 2019 Allegory in Animal Farm John Smith Mrs. McCloud English 2, Period 1 April 23, 2019 Allegory in Animal Farm 

title, intro, conclusion… italicize play titles Macbeth ↓ title, intro, conclusion…

First Part: Second Part Two Part Title (4) First Part: Second Part creative, witty fitting for topic of essay tells exactly what assignment is includes play title, which is italicized colon used to separate the two parts

Intro ¶ (10) TR Central Idea Exposition Title Author First Last Name spelled correctly! genre (drama, play, or tragedy) brief summary TR Central Idea

…insight about human experience… Central Idea ↓ THEME …universal… …insight about human experience…

Body ¶’s (12) Topic Sentence (TS) TR chunks of Concrete Details (CD) Commentary (CM) (CD + 2CM)  not set in stone TR Closing Sentence (CS)

Body ¶’s (4) Topic Sentence Macbeth’s progression offers subject for the paragraph Macbeth’s progression stages / traits (loyal, greedy, ambitious, paranoid, arrogant)

Body ¶’s (4) TS TR Chunks: CD + 2CM concrete detail (quotes) followed by commentary explain HOW literary devices in CD (quotes) support TS idea

Quotes (16-17, 20) highlight all quotes who said it to whom circumstances slash marks  end of one line/start of next cite quote In the beginning of the play, the witches present the main motif of the play to indicate the duality of human nature: “Fair is foul and foul is fair:/Hover through the fog and filthy air (1.1.12-13).

When to use , or : to introduce a quote (17) Quotes drop , & . Stacey grabs the cheat notes and asks, “You planning on cheating? ...Well, you ain’t gonna” (Taylor 79). keep ! & ? Stacey grabs the cheat notes and asks, “You planning on cheating?” (Taylor 79). When to use , or : to introduce a quote (17) Bernard explains to Lenina why he won’t take soma: “I’d rather be myself” (Huxley 89). Bernard explains to Lenina, “I’d rather be myself” (Huxley 89).

circle back to idea in TS or central idea of essay Body ¶’s (12) TR CLOSING SENTENCE circle back to idea in TS or central idea of essay DO NOT segue into next ¶

Concluding ¶ (14) final sentence  leave an impact move from specific (story) to the general (real life) AND/OR give a message about humankind / society final sentence  leave an impact

Mechanics spelling ... grammar ... punctuation ... capitalization ... sentence structure ... paragraphing READ YOUR WORK ALOUD...YOU WILL CATCH ERRORS!!!!! don’t rely on computer to catch all errors raise level of diction  thesaurus don’t overuse fancy words

Punctuation dash colon semicolon Ind. clause; conj. adv., ind. clause. Emily felt shy; however, she soon made friends.

Reminders Maintain Formal Tone (6) transitions (15) literary present tense no contractions no colloquialisms third person point of view transitions (15) active verbs (24) be…is…am…are…was…