Revising Your Essays PART I. Have Your Essays in Front of you: Do each one of these for each one of your essays:

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Revising Your Essays PART I

Have Your Essays in Front of you: Do each one of these for each one of your essays:

MLA Format Double spaced Heading Title Header, page number Works Cited Video for how to do this: On page

heading Descriptive title header Double spaced 1 inch margins

Title Must be descriptive Does title reflect the thesis or argument?

Introduction Sentence with author and title of story Short summary of story 2-4 sentences: tells what the story as a whole is about Thesis statement: tells what the essay will argue (that is, how you have interpreted the story)

Author and title of story thesis Thesis map: how essay will develop the thesis, 3 parts Short summary

Section II coming soon…..