NO 1st or 2nd person in literary essays
Titles of stories should be in quotation marks, not italicized
Common correction abbreviations:
agr = agreement error
exw = more exact or accurate word needed
bw = better word should be used
cs = comma splice
mspld = a word, phrase or clause has been misplaced
ww = wrong word has been used
ts = faulty verb tense shift was made
awk = awkward wording or expression
Most frequently written phrase on papers: BE SPECIFIC
Do NOT re-tell the story; focus on analyzing a particular point: initiation, setting, or symbols
DO NOT REFER TO SOMETHING IN A VAGUE MANNER!!
Example: Myop is neither innocent nor completely aware of what she has stumbled upon, after the enters the woods.
OUCH!! Revised: After she walks farther along in the pasture, Myop innocently steps into the skeleton of man who was presumably lynched.
Something that will help: READING THE STORIES before writing the essay AND taking notes as needed in class.
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