Final Draft Checklist

Your final draft is worth 500 points. Therefore, it is in your best interest that you have everything that I am looking for in a research paper. Please submit your final draft to turnitin.com by 11:59PM on Thursday, March 24, 2011. Print out a hardcopy to submit for Friday.

Make sure you have the following:

1. Length – 1000 to 2000 words a. Formatted according to MLA style: b. 1-inch margins all around. c. Double spaced (including heading!) d. Title without any bolding, italics, underlining? e. Heading with name, date, teacher and period? f. Header with last name and page number on all pages after the first? g. Times New Roman regular font in 12 point throughout.

2. Include the Works Cited page: please make the necessary corrections from your Works Cited/Annotated Bibliography submission a. Always start with the author- [Last, First] and alphabetize your sources by the author’s last name. b. Write the title of the source—make sure to use quotes and italicizing correctly. Also list the title of the larger source that it came from if applicable (like a scholarly article or book). c. Then you will need to consult the MLA rules for your particular type of source. You can use the citations from SIRS ProQuest, just make sure that everything is correct. d. Each entry should be typed in 12 point Times New Roman Font double-spaced—just like the rest of your essay. It also requires a hanging indent. e. Entries should be alphabetized and it should be its own page at the end of the essay. f. Indent (hanging indent) for second and third lines. *See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/11/ for more information. The information will be on the left hand side for you browse.

3. Include In-text citations and signal phrases (see notes). a. at the end of quotes or paraphrased or summarized information, you need to include a citation b. If there is an author, put only the last name in parentheses and page number. If there is no page number, then don’t put one! c. If there is no author, put the title and page number. If it is a newspaper/magazine article, place the title in quotes. If it is a book title, place the title in italics or underline (but not both!). If there is no page number, then don’t put one!

4. Include signal phrases: embed/introduce your quotes instead of just putting a quote in your essay.

Signal phrases often incorporate verbs or verb phrases. The verb needs to fit the context, such as whether the source; claims, argues, observes, concludes, refutes, or states. A list of verbs follows to assist you with thinking about possibilities for your won writing; should you use any of these words, be sure your selection fits the context. Some Verbs to Use in Signal Phrases

Acknowledges Defines Points out Adds Delineates Posits Admits Denies Presents Advances Discloses Proposes Affirms Discounts Purports Agrees Disputes Reasons Alludes Documents Recounts Argues Explains Reflects Asserts Expresses Refutes Attests Extrapolates Reiterates Characterizes Grants Relates Chronicles Highlights Remarks Claims Hypothesizes Replies Comments Illustrates Reports Compares Implies Responds Concludes Indicates Reveals Concurs Insists States Confirms Maintains Submits Contends Narrates Suggests Contrasts Negates Supports Creates Notes Theorizes Declares Observes Writes Emphasizes Refers Verifies

5. Include one of the following: Visual, Graph, Table, Illustration, Photograph or Other Visual Text To Be Used as Part of Your Evidence and EXPLAIN how this supports your evidence.

6. Delete all the “I” (I believe, I think, etc).

7. Change all the contractions (don’t  do not).

8. Did you include a rhetorical device? a. Focus on logical appeal b. Emotional (pathos) and ethical (ethos) appeal c. Repetition of main idea d. Anaphora (repetition of a sequence of words at the beginning of successive clauses) e. Parallelism f. Syntax g. Rhetorical question h. Figurative language (e.g. metaphor, simile)