Check list worth 14 points. Each item is yes or no. If yes, then you get a point. If no, then you do not get a point.
- Essay has these four items: (1) your name, (2) "Tragic Hero Essay," (3) a title, and (4) a subtitle that is a complete sentence
- Essay has at least 500 words
- Essay has at least seven paragraphs
- The first paragraph is a preview of the entire essay
- Each paragraph has at least five sentences AND a transition sentence at the end
- Essay uses and puts in bold these words (or obvious synonyms of the words) in this order: hero, flaw, problem, choice, reversal of fortune, recognition--each of these terms is in its own paragraph.
- Each paragraph from number 6 (hero, flaw, problem, choice, fortune, recognition) includes some sensory detail, and those details are underlined
- No two sentences in any one paragraph start with the same word
- The word “you” is not used (except if it is used inside of a quotation)
- Contractions are not used
- No sentence begins with the words there, those, these, this, that, it
- All subordinate clauses include a comma--please <view> PDF below
- No sentences are run-ons or comma splices
- The essay has no spelling errors.
All these items are explained on the <writing> page