REQUIREMENTS
- Underline your thesis 3%
- Italicize your topic sentences. 7%
- You should have a minimum of four body paragraphs (six paragraphs altogether) with relevant topics, original thought and supporting ideas, and non-repetitive major ideas. See scoring matrix for additional details 18%
- Use at least five quotes from five different COURSE-ASSIGNED 13% (You may use more than five.)
- You must use Susan Biemesderfer and Saga Briggs “Why Self-Esteem Hurts Learning But Self-Confidence Does The Opposite”” as two of the course-assigned sources. 7%
- Minimum word count: 1150 10%
- You need at least two outside (researched) academic source to support your argument. 6%
This means you need a minimum of 7 different sources with six direct quotes or paraphrases ALTOGETHER. Do not exceed more than eight quotes and/or paraphrases in this paper.
- You need correctly formatted in-text citations for this essay (10%) Use in-text citations: (Author’s last name), (Author’s last name par#), (Author last name pg#) or if no author (“Title” par#) or (“Title”). Failure to cite your sources is
- You need a correctly formatted Works Cited page (9%) (see sample below)
- Your name, professor’s name, course number (EWRT1A) and date listed in LEFT-HAND corner of page 2%
- MLA standard formatting: double-spaced, indented paragraphs; centered title; margins must be @ least 1”to 1.25 all around. 4%
- Number your pages: include your last name and page numbers in the upper right-hand corner of every page 2%
- Avoid the use of first-person (I, me, my) and second-person pronouns (you, your) ), and avoid gerunds. 5%
- Use appropriate (time order and emphasis) transitional words or phrases. 4%
- Include the Scoring Matrix as the last page of your essay in COURSE TEXTBOOK module and Files.