definition essay: essay with specific examples. title? does the essay have a title? does the title...
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Definition Essay:
Essay with Specific Examples
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Title?• Does the essay have a title?
• Does the title only name the defined concept? (It can, but could the author do better?)
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Attention Grabber
• Is there an attention grabber at the beginning of the intro? Does it work? (Source?)
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Thesis• Does the intro provide the
defined concept, and does the thesis state three discrete sub-divisions of it?
• (Parallelism?) • (Italicized word?)
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To Be?•Put a box around any form of the verb TO BE that you find.
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Three Topic Sentences
• Look at the three topic sentences. Are they directly related to the three descriptors named in the thesis?
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Body Paragraph One
• Does it only include details that relate to what was advertised in the topic sentence?
• Are the details in the paragraph specific examples and not vague references?
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Body Paragraph Two
• Does it only include details that relate to what was advertised in the topic sentence?
• Are the details in the paragraph specific examples and not vague references?
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Body Paragraph Three
• Does it only include details that relate to what was advertised in the topic sentence?
• Are the details in the paragraph specific examples and not vague references?
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Concluding Sentence
•Does the writer have a concluding sentence at the end of each body paragraph?
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Conclusion Paragraph
• Is there a (meaningful) conclusion?
• Does it make a bigger point?
• Does it suggest how knowing and understanding a personal definition of the concept may be useful to others or into the future?
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Did you notice…?
•Any passive voice•Any two part verbs like “I am smiling
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Transitions• Did the writer use appropriate transitions words and sentences at the beginning of each body paragraph and when starting the second example in each BP?
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Did you notice…?• Any form of GET• Any you, your, or you’re after the attention grabber
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Did you notice…?
•At least one Smiley-face trick
•Any weak or immature word choice
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Did you notice…?
•Any comma suggestions
•Any places where parallelism would work better
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Follows Directions• Did the author include NameTeacherCourseMLA date in the upper left corner
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Other MLA considerations
•12 point font•Double spaced•1 inch margin all around