MLA Format
This part of your essay should be centered in the essay, and not bolded, underlined, or increased in font size
What is a title?
This is the word count requirement for Project 1.
What are 900 words?
This is the process in which you “think up” more ideas than you probably will use in the final essay.
What is brainstorming?
What is Global Revision?
Where is the top right hand corner?
These should not be used in your essay, as you do not need to cite any information.
What are outside sources?
This can be described as a promise that the writer makes to the reader as to what their claim on the topic at hand is.
What is the thesis statement?
This category of revision focuses on paragraph-level concerns.
What is Local Revision?
The margins in your essay, on all sides, should be set to this measurement.
What are 1 inch margins?
This part of your essay should share what you believe to be the founding principle or claim for your relationship to literacy and language.
What is your thesis statement?
This type of language, which is the way we talk, is guided by norms and is ‘correct’ however
it may function based off our location, culture, or abilities, but is a type of language we should largely avoid in academic essays.
This category of revision is equivalent to proof-reading, and includes grammatical and spelling concerns.
What is Surface revision?
This is the order in which the heading information should be completed on your page:
1. Your name
2. Instructor name
3. ??????
4. Date
What is the course code?
i.e. Eng-111-2203 or Eng-111-2204
Your essay should not include any use of this 'person', which utilizes you, your, our, and we.
What is second person?
Writing is this sort of process, meaning it works in cycles and is a constant process of improvement
and practice.
What is recursive?
This is the process of reverse-engineering an essay to its structural components to see how it develops.
What is a reverse outline?