1. Macbeth Character Essay
Checklist

2. Font (4)
easy to read font
size 12

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

4. 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…

5. 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

6. 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 

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

8. 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

9. 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 

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

11. 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

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

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

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

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

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

17. 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 ( ).

18. 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).

19. 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 ¶

20. 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

21. 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

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

23. 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…