TEXTBOOK USED WAS “Blacks” Gwendolyn Brooks -MLA style 7th-8th edition_
Here are questions to ask yourself about the structural aspects of your paper:
Does the introduction present and describe the materials under analysis?
Does the introduction point to the specific elements or approach to that analysis?
Is there a clearly articulated that states precisely what the essay’s argument is?
Is the paper structured along the lines of that argument, taking the reader through each aspect of the ?
Does the paper introduce and contextualize outside sources that are appealed to in order to support the argument (and this can be by agreement or disagreement, by connection, expansion, or departure)?
Are complex concepts, ideas, arguments, and theories explained clearly and succinctly without oversimplifying or overcomplicating them?
Are textual passages introduced and contextualized?
Are textual passages analyzed forcefully and clearly with careful close readings that support some aspect of the?
Is there a careful conclusion that brings us back through the essay’s overall line of reasoning now that the case has been made?