Some of you asked that I post this so you an work on your essay drafts at home. Here you go!
Ratiocination – Personal Essay
•You will need highlighters or markers if you are at this
stage (done with drafting).
•Please ratiocinate for several items:
–
(In yellow) Controlling
idea
•Did
you introduce it with an interesting hook?
•Is
the statement clear and explain the main idea of your essay?
–(In
blue) Sentences using
Em dashes, ellipses,
humor, or figurative language
•If
you have them, make sure you don’t have too many of one over another
•If
you don’t have any of them, add some!
–(In
pink/red) Personal experiences
evidence
•Does
it connect back to your controlling idea?
•Is
it your primary source of evidence?
–(In
green) First words
of each sentence
•Check
for excessive repetition
•Try
to vary your word choice – use a thesaurus!
•Check
sentence lengths – are they varied? Are some too long/short?
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