This is what you need to look over for the MLA essay that is due on Monday or Tuesday.
Checklist for the MLA Research Paper
Do you want a good grade? If so, follow this list.
1. 12 point type
2. Times New Roman
3. Header (your last name and the page # continuously numbered and on the Works Cited page)
4. First LINES (your name, my name, class, date).
5. EVERYTHING including the first lines and Works Cited page are double spaced with no extra spacing beyond the double spacing.
6. 4 FULL pages of text.
7. This is not a biography – it is explaining how historical actions create a hero. It is 20% research – 80% your expression of what the information means.
8. 3 sources bare minimum – 2 Internet and 1 print bare minimum.
9. 4 sources total for more than the 75% MAXIMUM grade that you can get for doing the MINIMUM work.
10. Does your paper look like my sample paper (Weisel and Frankl)? Does it look like the sample paper in the book (Chapter 12)?
11. Purdue Owl MLA is always correct. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
12. See my research PPT and all materials in the MLA research paper section of Angel.
13. Is every citation in the paper referenced on the Works Cited page?
14. Is every entry on the Works Cited page referenced in the paper?
15. If you have a word for word quote, MUST it be in the author’s voice in those exact words? If not, it MUST be paraphrased. Not paraphrasing where you should will lose points.
16. If you have a word for word quote, is it incorporated into the flow of the text?
17. If you have a word for word quote, does it meet the 1 sentence maximum rule?
18. Are book titles in italics and article titles in quotes?
19. Did you read this paper out loud for clarity?
20. Did you run spell and grammar check?
21. There is no redo – do your best!
22. Prewriting is worth 50 points. It must include the sheet with SQ3R items COMPLETELY filled out. It must include a typed rough draft that is significantly marked for errors in handwriting (not just typed and given for examination so that I can figure out what is wrong).
23. I will look over Works Cited information this weekend if you would like me to. All requests must be in by Sunday at 8pm.
24. Watch out for PLAGIARISM.
25. Do your best. There is no redo. I believe in you.
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