Essay Rewrites: The Five Joyful Wounds

The Five Joyful Wounds of Analysis Essay Rewriting:
  1. Include more short quotes/specific scene(s) when defending each topic's idea.  
  2. Pepper in more terms of literary analysis when writing any AP Literature essay (exposition, irony, internal conflict, dialogue, climax, femme fatale, motif).  They don't have to be the terms that are in your thesis...they should be a natural part of any background, context, or treatment. 
  3. Write a longer essay to get into the highest scoring bracket.  Aim to write well into page three at least on every in-class essay (handwritten single-spaced or typed, double-spaced). 
  4. I should see good evidence of sentence variety (without any fragments ).  Employ a richer vocabulary; practice your mature diction
  5. Study good examples; do not copy them.  Also, look over the AP essay rubric.

Rewriting Format and Such:
  • Typed
  • MLA format, printed on paper
    • Please highlight any changes unless you received less than 70% (in which case most of your essay will be different).
    • Do not attach your original.
  • Up to 75% for those below 70%
  • Up to 10% more for those above 70%
  • Due date: One week from return to student

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