Honors Day 24: A Raisin in the Sun

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Writing your final draft Act II-III Test Monday

Some Tips and Notes for Completing the Final Draft

1. Check that you are consistent in point of view (first, second, or third person).

2. Check that your verbs are in consistent “time” (tense). Events and characters in literature are referred to in the present tense.

3. Do not use contractions, abbreviations, or numbers (unless the number cannot be spelled out in two or fewer words).

4. Check spelling and punctuation carefully.

More Final Revision Notes

1. Check that you use complete sentences rather than fragments or run-ons.

2. Check for clarity. Is your writing clearly understandable?

3. Check conciseness. Do not use more words than are needed to express your ideas. Ultimately, this is a check on vocabulary!

4. Check that requirements for margins, heading, font, and other format requirements of the “Park High School Writing Style Sheet” are followed.

Parenthetical References Within Your Text

Whenever information in your text is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized from a source: Be sure to include that source in the

“Works Cited” or “Works Consulted” (discussed below)

Be sure that the parenthetical reference (short form of source followed by the page number) immediately follows the information.

More About Parenthetical Citations

If the citation is at the end of a sentence, the period for the sentence follows the parenthetical reference.

If the source is clearly indicated within your sentence, only the page number or literary locator numbers need to be provided in parentheses.

Examples of Parenthetical Citations

a. Mary Warren is a foil to Abigail Williams (Peating 38).

b.“The role of Mary Warren in The Crucible is to function as the antagonist’s foil” (Peating 38). [Note that the use of the comma is delayed to include the reference with the sentence. If there were no citation, the period would precede the closing quotation mark.]

c.The Mary Warren’s foil qualities, as mentioned by Peating, become clear as the third act progresses (38).

Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

Each source listed in the Work(s) Cited should be in the format indicated in the “Park High School Writing Style Sheet”

Works should be arranged alphabetically by the first letter of each source listing.

Source listings are single-spaced with a line skipped between entries.

The first line of each entry starts at the margin, with subsequent lines indented.

Where Does It Go?

The Works Cited may be a separate page (with the title “Works Cited” centered and unpunctuated on the first line) OR

It may be placed after the paper’s text (again, with the title “Works Cited” centered and unpunctuated) two spaces down from the final line of the conclusion.

Which is Which?

A “Works Cited” lists only works which are cited in the text of the essay.

A “Works Consulted” lists all works that were consulted during research.

Works Cited

Anouilh, Jean. Antigone. New York:Samuel French Incorporated, 1972.

THESIS: Theme, three literary elements, both novels’ title and author, the word “novel”

Each body paragraph discusses one literary element, the theme, and BOTH NOVELS