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Essential Essay Revision Tips for "Animal Farm"

Preparing for your essay on George Orwell's "Animal Farm"? This nitpicky revision guide provides essential tips to refine your thesis statement, enhance your diction, and ensure correct MLA formatting. Learn how to identify weak verbs, avoid simplistic language, and maintain a formal tone. This comprehensive checklist will help you engage with Orwell’s themes more effectively and improve your essay’s clarity and impact. Don't forget to verify your citations and quote integrations for a polished final submission!

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Essential Essay Revision Tips for "Animal Farm"

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  1. 2012. Photograph. Simple Chem Concepts. 2012. Web. 10 Apr. 2013. <www.simplechemconcepts.com>. Nitpicky Revision The day before the paper is due

  2. Thesis Statement • Look at the last sentence of the first paragraph. • Does it mention Animal Farm? • Say it aloud. Can anyone argue against the statement? • Is it easy to understand? What will the author be talking about in the essay? • Advanced: Does it mention the authorreader relationship (Orwell’s reasoning)

  3. Diction (word choice) • Go through the essay and circle all of the following: Verbs (change to action verbs) • Is • Are • Be • Am • Was • Were • Has been • Are being • Might have been *Note* Make sure you are NOT repeating yourself when you revise. You want strong verbs, but shouldn’t repeat verbs within paragraphs. *Resource:* Snappy Words

  4. Diction (word choice) 3. Go through the essay and put a box around all of the following. Simplistic Words: • Amazing • Awesome • Awfully • Bad • Beautiful • Big • Easy • Fine • Good • Great • Happy • Hard • Interesting • Like • Mad • Nice • Really • Sad • Said • Very *Resource:* Snappy Words

  5. Formal Tone Go through the essay and underline any of the following: • You, your • I, my, me, us, we, our, ours • “this quote” borderline breaking formal façade. • Any conjunction (but, and, so) at the beginning of a sentence.

  6. MLA Go through the essay and highlight any of the following: • Make sure the header is in MLA and has a different number on each page • Make sure MLA Heading is correct w/ due date (12 April 2013) • Make sure quotes are incorporated correctly Example: In the first chapter, Orwell discusses that “man is the only creature that consumes without producing” (Orwell 9). • Check that each direct quote and paraphrase has a in-text citation. • Use writing guide to check MLA citations.

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