Writing+guidelines

 ** Writing Mechanics  ** · Pronoun antecedent agreement  o In this case, __the narrator__ may be trying to run away from something or someone which would explain __their__ desire to live in such a secluded place. à  “their” should be “he” or “she” because __narrator__ is singular and __their__ is plural. · Punctuation and quotation marks  o All commas and periods go inside quotation marks  § Citation  § The narrator states that he or she will “arise and go now” to “Inisfree ”. ß  incorrect  · <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Do not use “I believe” or “I think” <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Here, __I believed__ that Yeats __was trying__ to make a point that he will have sufficient food for himself <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> · <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Unwarranted assumptions <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“no one knows about the Isle” à <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> wait, we don’t know that. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“because if he was a visitor of the region he would stay in a place more suited for traveling wants” à <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> wait, we don’t know that. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> · <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Do not just restate what the author said <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Example: “in the second stanza the author used repetition with the world peace. The word choice here sets the mood of the poem making it peaceful” <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> · <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Weak sentence beginning <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“there are” or “there is” is the weakest sentence beginning <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“There are nine bean rows and because nine is a holy number the author is comparing the Isle to heaven.” à <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> take out “there are” <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> · <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pronouns <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Never ,ever, use “you” <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> · <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Do not discuss possibilities in your paper <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> · <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Extraneous information <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Spring is a time usually where crickets sing and flowers bloom just as the poem seems to describe à <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> flowers are never actually mentioned in the poem <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> · <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Never use seems <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Be careful of the word “mentioned” · <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Never introduce a sentence with “the line” or “when the author says”
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Punctuate the name of the poem and always include the authors name
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">orals- body of work
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">context within the work (why the passage is important
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In poetry:
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">"Speaker," NOT author or narrator --
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Example: "In 'Lake Isle of Innisfree" by W.B. Yeats, the speaker is describing a special place of tranquility and beauty."