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 * < ===Quick Grammar Tip=== || ===Fatal Flaws of Essay and Academic writing=== || ===Vivid===

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|| If you are writing a sentence that contains the word "but",check out what happens before and after "but". If a complete sentence appears before and after the 'but", you must place a comma before "but". || The Poor Title   The title of an essay should be both creative and purposeful. It must reveal clearly what your essay will be discussing and it must do so in a creative way. I suggest the CREATIVE: TITLE.   Romeo Is a Stalker: A discussion of Romeo’s dependency on Juliet in //Romeo and Juliet//.  || Great for Tone  **reverent:** treating a subject with honor, respect  **sardonic**: scornfully and bitterly sarcastic  **solemn:** deeply earnest, grave || Alessandro Bavari 1963 Ophelia || ===Writing Style Guides=== University of Saskatchewan  University of Regina  Siast 
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Writing Guide Owl at Purdue [] || ===Rubrics=== Writing Rubrics Analytic: persuasive, descriptive, expository, narrative, essay  Writing Rubric Holistics: 10 points and 15 points ||

"This morning I took out a comma, and this afternoon I put it back again." Oscar Wilde "The most valuable of talents is never using two words when one will do." Thomas Jefferson "When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them -- then the rest will be valuable." Mark Twain ||  || (obviously only if submitting more than one sheet) || slang. || got get || like (meaning for example—it is acceptable to use “like” if it is part of a  simile) || really sort of stuff || totally very || Book when discussing a novel || Sad Never || remotely resembles any of the previous phrases. contractions: Do not use words such as don’t, weren’t, can’t. abbreviations unless explained questions The reader believes/feels/experiences || =If you have any questions, email me at= =kristinia.bakken@pvsd.ca= || = = = =
 * ** Bakken’s Proof Reading Marks **
 * ** Bakken’s Proof Reading Marks ** || ** Comments ** || ** Hand in format ** ||  ||
 * Ab || a faulty abbreviation || 1. Affix one staple in upper left hand corner
 * Agr || agreement problem:subject/verb //or// pronoun/antecedent || 2. Use blue or black pen or pencil. ||
 * Awk || awkward expression or construction || 3. Do not hand in work that has been torn from your binder or has ever been in paper airplane form. ||
 * Cap || faulty capitalization || 4. Follow MLA formating. ||
 * CS || comma splice || [[image:bakken-english-language-arts/mla_pg_1.gif width="330" height="168"]] ||
 * DICT || faulty diction || Students who have difficulty in presenting their work in a professional manner may lose marks or may be ask to resubmit work until it reflects the student's best possible work. ||
 * Dang || dangling modifier ||  ||
 * - ed || problem withfinal //-ed// ||  ||
 * | | || problem in parallel form ||  ||
 * P/A || pronoun/antecedent agreement || Baby Words ||
 * Pron || problem with pronoun || Words which may be used in notes, informal discussion, informal writing, but not in formalwriting. ||
 * Rep || unnecessary repetition || absolutely, all cause or other abbreviated words and
 * R-O || run-on sentence || completely definitely
 * Sp || spelling error || just kind of
 * - s || problem with final //-s// || (a) little quite
 * S/V || subject/verb agreement || “that is” or “is that” thing
 * Gp! || Good point || well as in “well, I went to the store…” would
 * Q || Quotation from text is required || Bad Good
 * WW || Word choice is incorrect ||  ||
 * SF || Sentence fragment || Also avoid: “In my essay, I will…” or “I will show that…” or “I think” or “I believe” or anything that
 * ^ || insert something ||  ||
 * O or / || omit ||  ||
 * cut || delete ||  ||
 * flip || transpose elements ||  ||
 * / || close up this space ||  ||
 * # || a space needed here ||  ||
 * P || begin new paragraph ||  ||
 * No p || no paragraph ||  ||
 * level || Vocabulary is below grade level ||  ||
 * UND || Undeveloped response ||  ||
 * INC || Incomplete response ||  ||
 * tense || Incorrect verb tense ||  ||
 * run || Run-on sentence ||  ||
 * LS || Lacks support ||  ||
 * GW || Great Word ||  ||
 * empty || Sentence contains little content ||  ||
 * trans || Transition is needed ||  ||
 * int || Quotation is not integrated into sentence ||  ||
 * GV || Great voice ||  ||
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