1. Length: 1000 words. Do not use a computer to determine word count, which will give you a misleading number. If the formatting averages 250 words per full page, the

essay should be about 4 ½ typed pages. 2. Standard formatting [margins, indenting, page numbers, double spacing, etc.] is needed to prevent deductions. Refer to the information given in class, sample essay London #3, the university style sheet, Essay Do's and Don'ts p. 224-225. 3. a good title 4. a fully developed introductory paragraph ending with a one-sentence, underlined thesis statement. This is the only sentence in this paragraph to be underlined. The thesis statement must use "opinion because reason" structure. 5. a minimum of three fully developed middle paragraphs and a maximum of four. Underline only the first sentence [the topic sentence] of each middle paragraph. It is recommended to use "opinion because reason" structure in the topic sentences to ensure each paragraph is based on an argument, one central point as the focus which the supporting sentences will defend and prove with concrete analysis and evidence. 6. a concluding paragraph. Do not underline any sentences in this paragraph. 7. Quotations from the texts are needed to support the analysis. They must be accurate, relevant, integrated, formatted, and documented MLA style. 8. Word choice: use words and ideas appropriate and understandable to your reading audience. Refer also to the posted WTA handout. Grammatically correct sentences are needed. 9. Since one of the texts you'll be using is a non-fiction [prose text], the author's name can be used [Mansbridge] because he is not a narrator. For the poetical text[s] use the term "speaker." 10. Regarding the Mansbridge article, don't just repeat what he writes. The essay needs to show you have analyzed and interpreted his text. 11. A Works Cited page-which must use MLA formatting--is not needed unless you are using-for a very good reason-an outside/secondary source. If outside sources are used, a maximum of two are allowed. Note that they will then be part of the assignment evaluation in terms of relevancy, accuracy, and credibility, and if they are correctly documented MLA style. 12. No research is needed, wanted, or expected. This should be an analysis based on your ideas, not those of others, and the essay should show a close reading of the texts. Don't go outside the texts, such as including generalities about the topic, biographical information about the texts and authors, symbolism, and psychology. I.e. the assignments is to show your skills in analyzing texts-what they are saying about war--not in producing an essay discussing war in general accuracy, and credibility, and if they are correctly documented MLA style. 12. No research is needed, wanted, or expected. This should be an analysis based on your ideas, not those of others, and the essay should show a close reading of the texts. Don't go outside the texts, such as including generalities about the topic, biographical information about the texts and authors, symbolism, and psychology. I.e. the assignments is to show your skills in analyzing texts-what they are saying about war--not in producing an essay discussing war in general. 13. Thus, there should be no "life in general" ideas and sentences especially in the thesis statement and topic sentences. 14. Essays that have been plagiarized, essays which have been A.I. generated, or include A.I. generated material, and collaborative essays will be forwarded to the Associate Dean. Refer to the information given at our plagiarism class to prevent these serious problems, and ensure that you do your own work. 15. Staple to the printed copy, the final copy of the essay, a rough draft of the essay that includes your own editing marks in pen or pencil that show the essay underwent detailed revision. This is a very important mandatory requirement. Failure to include an edited/proofread rough draft will result in an incomplete assignment and a major deduction. All writing needs revision. The rough draft should be a printed, not handwritten, draft. A rough draft is not an outline. 16. Also attach to your printed copy, a printed copy of the poems you used for the essay. These copies need to be annotated, with annotations in your own handwritting in either pen or pencil, which will show you did a thorough reading of the texts, not a surface reading or that you only skimmed the texts. 17. Before you submit the final copy of the essay, go through the list of mandatory requirements to make sure you have not forgotten something. TOPIC: In The Glass Menagerie, Tom says that people go to the movies instead of moving, that audiences watch characters having adventures "until there's a war. That's when adventure becomes available to the masses" (61). His attitude, based on imagination and romanticism, not first-hand experience, is that war is an exciting, glamorous, heroic, and exotic adventure. Write an essay using formal tone and point of view on the following topic using the attached texts: 1. Peter Mansbridge's article on the First World War, and 2. one-two of the following three war poems. 16. Also attach to your printed copy, a printed copy of the poems you used for the essay. These copies need to be annotated, with annotations in your own handwritting in either pen or pencil, which will show you did a thorough reading of the texts, not a surface reading or that you only skimmed the texts. 17. Before you submit the final copy of the essay, go through the list of mandatory requirements to make sure you have not forgotten something. TOPIC: In The Glass Menagerie, Tom says that people go to the movies instead of moving, that audiences watch characters having adventures "until there's a war. That's when adventure becomes available to the masses" (61). His attitude, based on imagination and romanticism, not first-hand experience, is that war is an exciting, glamorous, heroic, and exotic adventure. Write an essay using formal tone and point of view on the following topic using the attached texts: 1. Peter Mansbridge's article on the First World War, and 2. one-two of the following three war poems. Topic: How and why do these texts show that the reality of war is not an exciting, romantic adventure? The texts are included in separate attachments.