**General
Information for Writing Essays**
GENERAL
INFORMATION FOR WRITING ESSAYS
FOR
MR.
LANGLEY
1.
Essay should be written in INK for in class writing and WORD-PROCESSED
(size 12 font – Times New Roman font, Arial font, Courier font – double
spaced – 1.25” left and right margins – 1” top and bottom margins) for
out of class writing.
2.
Essay should be neat, legible, and attractive in appearance.
3.
Essay should be revised and rewritten at least once before submitting.
4.
Essay should contain complete
sentences. Sentence fragments,
comma splices, and/or run on sentences are not allowed.
5.
All paragraphs should be noticeably and equally indented.
6.
Essay should be titled.
7.
For this class five paragraphs (minimum) are expected as sufficient
length for an academic essay. The
essay will break down as follows:
A.
Introductory paragraph (1)
B.
Body paragraph (3+)
C.
Concluding paragraph (1)
8.
Each paragraph should have a topic sentence and should contain only
information relating to the topic. A
paragraph generally consists of four to six sentences.
9.
The introductory paragraph of the essay should contain a thesis sentence
that is usually the last sentence of the paragraph.
10.
The thesis sentence should declare the writer’s basic idea (point) that
the body of the essay should support.
11.
Do NOT use contractions, slang expressions, nonstandard usage, and/or
informal language.
12.
Do NOT use the pronoun YOU or any of it derivatives.
13.
The concluding paragraph should begin with a RESTATEMENT (not the thesis
sentence repeated) of the thesis statement, and it should broaden to a general
or universal application of the writer’s point.
14.
A title page should serve as the cover of typed essays, and it should
contain the following:
Title:
The Title of the Essay
By:
Writer’s Name
For:
Name, number, and section of class
Date:
Date due or turned in
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