1. Common mistakes and how to fix them
Research Essays
Common mistakes and how to fix them

2. Proper nous: Names, Locations, Dates, Titles
Common Errors
Capitalization
Proper nous: Names, Locations, Dates, Titles
EX- African American, W.E.B. Du Bois, April, Alabama etc. etc.
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3. Common errors
Spaces between words, sentences, and commas and punctuation in general. (please stop!)
Your sentences should look like this, there should be NO spaces between commas, periods, or quotation marks
Do not put spaces between brackets when using citations, your citations should NOT look like this ( Smith ). They should look like this (Smith). Do not put spaces between sentence end and period or commas . Just , don’t , do , it!
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4. Each paragraph should have ONE topic
Common Errors
ORGANIZATION!!
Each paragraph should have ONE topic
If you start writing about a NEW topic, you need a NEW paragraph
Make sure the order of your essay makes sense, it does not make sense to talk about Hughes’ poems, then his parents, then his poems again. Keep like topics together so that your paper flows nicely.
Use transition words! (example: Therefore, However, Furthermore, Also, In addition,) These tie your sentences and ideas together in a paragraph
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5. Formatting (Title Page, headers, margins, double spacing)
Common errors
Formatting (Title Page, headers, margins, double spacing)
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6. Work cited page – Perfect Example!
Work Cited at top, center of page
Alphabetical order.
Second line is indented
All sources are correctly typed out

7. What’s right and wrong with this?!
GOOD-
-spacing is correct
-Content is correct

8. What’s wrong and right about this?!
GOOD:
-great topic sentence
-interesting facts, it is not a boring paper
-Solid overall introduction paragraph

9. What’s wrong and right about this?!
GOOD-
-solid writing and sentence structure
-relevant quote used
-good paragraph structure
-good topic sentences in each paragraph!

10. What’s wrong and right about this?!
GOOD-
-VERY well written
-awesome use of vocab words (extravagant)
-Proper format for block quotes
-Concise, to-the-point writing without leaving out details
-proper use of possessives

11. Title Page: Perfect example!
Title that is NOT just the name of the person you are writing about.
Proper spelling on all names.
English III typed correctly
Spacing and font is correct

12. Citation: Perfect Example!
Quote is typed out word for word from the article/website.
Directly after the entire quote the author’s last name is in parenthesis.
Punctuation AFTER the brackets.

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