5 Paragraph Essay guidelines <\/p>\n
instructions:\u00a0 Based upon the final draft of your five-paragraph outline, you will write a five-paragraph essay following\u00a0your outline,\u00a010 to 15 mature, well-developed sentences per paragraph,\u00a0not short, choppy sentences.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You will need to re-read the story\u00a0to internalize the details of the plot and to thoroughly understand the conflict between the characters.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Specific guidelines apply and must be followed precisely: (Ten points (10) or more will be deducted for any inconsistencies reflected in your paper.\u00a0 Therefore, you must check your work against the guidelines.)<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0 Your outline must be completed in the proper format and the content of the outline must be accurate, reflecting the correct broad subject, specific topic, supporting points (initially provided by instructor), supporting statements, concluding statement, story title, and mode of development.\u00a0\u00a0Print a paper copy of the outline so that you will be able to follow it as you develop your essay.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0\u00a0MANUSCRIPT FORMAT:\u00a0\u00a0(Additional points will be deducted for any inconsistencies in manuscript format.)<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Head your essay properly\u00a0(double space), along with the header (last name, space, page number) and the story\u00a0 \u00a0 title.\u00a0 (No heading on pages other than the first; headers on all pages that follow in right margins.)\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Leave one-inch margins, top, sides, and bottom.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Double space entire essay, from the heading to the end of the essay.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Leave two spaces after each period.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Use Times New Roman, 12 font, to type your paper; do not mix font styles (The header, for example, should be in Times New Roman, just as the rest of the paper; do not underline or bold any part of the essay or outline.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Indent all five paragraphs\u00a0(more paragraphs are unacceptable).<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0\u00a0DEVELOPMENT: Your essay must follow your outline:<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Thesis Statement\u00a0(first sentence of introductory paragraph, along with background details)<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Supporting Statements:<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.\u00a0\u00a0(first sentence of second paragraph, along with paragraph details)<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2.\u00a0\u00a0(first sentence of third paragraph, along with paragraph details)<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3.\u00a0\u00a0(first sentence of fourth paragraph, along with paragraph details)<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Concluding Statement\u00a0(first sentence of fifth paragraph, along with paragraph details)\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Do not cite any quotes\u00a0in this draft of your essay.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0\u00a0LENGTH:\u00a0\u00a0Your essay must be\u00a0two and one half to three typed pages in length.\u00a0 Each paragraph\u00a0must contain 10\u00a0to 15 sentences or more per paragraph.\u00a0 No more than three and one-half typed pages will be acceptable.<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0\u00a0GRAMMAR\/LANGUAGE USAGE: Maintain consistency in verb tense (present tense\/present perfect tense required)<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Avoid contractions\u00a0(don’t, doesn’t, isn’t, etc.) and words such as author, character, story, reader, etc. (Write your essay as if you were discussing or describing a real people.)<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Avoid\u00a0personal reference pronouns (I, we, you, yours, etc.).<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Make\u00a0no personal, judgmental statements\u00a0in this essay.<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0 PROOFREAD YOUR ESSAY BEFORE SUBMITTING (grammar, punctuation, mechanics, sentence structure, diction, spelling, organization, unity and coherence)!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0\u00a0All essays must reflect your own writing voice.\u00a0\u00a0Plagiarism in any form will result in a failing grade.<\/p>\n
(Your work must reflect your own ideas in your own writing voice, not the ideas of your classmates or other authors and sources found on the internet or in print.\u00a0 To submit the same essay as other classmates in any form will result in a failing grade and to submit an essay with ideas copied from sources, in partial or in full form, will also result in a failing grade.\u00a0\u00a0Take your time and write your essay to the best of your ability!)<\/p>\n
NOTE:\u00a0 You are not expected to retell or to summarize the story; an essay of this type would require that you use the plot summary mode of development.\u00a0 You, on the other hand, are required to write a character analysis, one that focuses on and describes the life of the main character, Dee (Wangero) Johnson, in the context of the story.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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