College Essay Revisions

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College Essay Revisions
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Heading

• Heading Reg.
• Name
• Mrs. Dunkins
• English II 3A
• 28 April 2008

• Heading Ess.
• Name
• Mrs. Dunkins
• English II Ess. 4A
• 28 April 2008

Should not be in the Header/Footer of the
paper Should be double-spaced in paper
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Format

• Double-space entire paper, evenly, including
  heading
• Last name page at top right (space between
  them)
• Margins 1-inch (or .7 if needed)
• Original title (Example Dinner for Four)

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Content

• Thesis statement
• End of intro
• Mention 3 subtopics (reasons)
• Topic sentence
• 1st sentence in body paragraph
• Begin with transition (initially, additionally,
  furthermore, finally, moreover)
• Mention subtopic importance

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Content

• Hint to finding errors
• Read paper from last
• sentence of conclusion to
• first sentence in intro
• (in other words, you are
• reading backwards!)

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Mechanics

• Do not use YOU
• You can use I since it is personal
• Look at spelling
• Find fragments!!
• Punctuation (semi-colons, commas, periods)

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Mechanics Continued

• Homonyms
• their, there
• too, to, two
• Do no begin sentences w/ AND or BUT)
• No contractions (ex. dont, its, cant)
• No SLANG!!! (cool, etc.)

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Content

• Issue you choose is
• important, but its
• importance to you should
• be the focus in your essay