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 * Chapter 1 Writing option #1 **
 * Question **: Going along with our essential question: Why is our literary past important? What parts of Chapter one do you think are the most important part of our literary past? Make sure you give the reading selection and concrete reasons as to why they are important. THE SECOND part is which part of chapter one do you think is the least important to know for our literary past? Make sure you give the title and several good reasons as to why you think this is true?

In a __two- three page__ paper explore the above questions. The essay must be in MLA format with a works cited page.

What you will be graded on:


 * 1) ** Content: **(40 points)
 * 2) You should have 2-3 examples from the readings on what is most important for our literary past.
 * 3) You should have 1-2 examples that you think are the least important.
 * 4) Citations of all examples!


 * 1) ** Thesis statement: ** (10 points) You need to have a well written thesis statement that follows the formula that I have given you in class.
 * 2) ** Two focal areas of your choice. ** (30 points…15 points for each focal area) These will include grammar, mechanics, word choice etc.
 * 3) Sentence structure (no fragments or run-on sentences)
 * 4) Subject-verb agreement (all your subjects must agree with all your verbs!!)
 * 5) “Be” verbs…limit of 5 “be” verbs per page! (see me for a list!)
 * 6) Word choice…this can include incorporation of actions words and vocabulary words into the paper.
 * 7) General mechanics such as commas, semi-colons, capitalization etc.
 * 8) Sentence types…varying sentence types from simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex.


 * 1) ** MLA format **: (20 points) This includes works cited page, in-text citations, headings etc…