Name

Mr. Wilkes

Literature and Composition

13 September 2018

Do We Really Know the Essay?

Instructions: Respond in complete sentences to the following questions. You

will be graded on the quality and accuracy of each response.

Sample 1: Introduction

1. What is the main deficiency with the introduction paragraph? How could it

be improved?

Sample 2: Introduction

2. What is wrong with the structure of this introduction? How could it be fixed?

3. What is the problem with this closed thesis? How could it be improved?

Sample 3: Introduction

4. What is wrong with the placement of this thesis?

5. What is wrong with the thesis itself? How could it be improved?

Sample 4: Body Paragraph

6. What is wrong with this transition? Re-write this transition to make it

acceptable.

7. What is wrong with this quotation strategy? How would you improve it?

Sample 5: Body paragraph

8. What is wrong with this transition? Rewrite the sentence to improve it.

Sample 6: Body paragraph

9. What do you think of this transition strategy? Describe how it might be

improved.

10.What’s wrong with the first quotation strategy? How would you improve it?

11.Does this paragraph follow basic analysis format? If not, describe how it

might be improved.

12.Which sentences deviate from the argument made in the topic sentence?

Sample 7: Body paragraph

13.Which quotation strategy is used, and how could it be improved?

14.Which sentence in this paragraph deviates from the main argument?

Sample 8: Conclusion

15.What is the main deficiency with this conclusion paragraph? How could it be

improved?

Self-Reflection

Open your last essay (Night essay), read it thoroughly, outline your problem areas,

explain how you will improve in the future, and create a holistic plan as to how you

will improve your essay-writing.

1. Problem area:

a. How I will improve:

2. Problem area:

a. How I will improve:

3. Problem area:

a. How I will improve:

Holistic Plan—Short Paragraph

How will I improve my writing, in general?