ENGL1302 Brookhaven College To Kill a Mockingbird Film Essay Format for your evaluation paper
Basic guidelines
Your paper must be in MLA format
It should be at least 4 pages + a Works Citied page
The writing should be in Startdard American English, well-structured, easy to follow, free from personal references and unnecessary wordiness.
Your introduction should
. Present the subject of your evaluation: ” The person, place, thing, event, or phenomenon that you are evaluating” (Ramage et al.371).
. Show why evaluating X is problematic or controversial
. Present your evaluation claim and your criteria
Your audience
Classic movie enthuslasts
Your purpose
Persuade your audience to see the value (or lack of value) of X
Each body paragraph should
. State a criterion and defend it if necessary
. Show that X meets or does not meet the criterion
Treatment of alternative or opposing views
. Summarize objections to your criteria or your match
. Respond to these objections.
Each reference to a source should
. Introduction the source using an attributive tag ( Ramage et al.555)
Quote or summarize the important information from that source
Explain the significance of the information from the source
Include a correct MLA in text citation which is also referenced in the final Works Citied page
Your concusion should
.Sum up your evaluation
A final note
This paper is not about you. It is about the issue. Therefore, the following words and phrases do not belong in your essay: I me, myself, we us, in my opinion, I think, I believe. Your paper is also not about your reader, and you do not know your reader, and you do not know your reader personality; there fore, the following words do not belong in your essay either: you, your, you’re, yourself