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Common errors

Common errors. Essays on Macbeth. 1. Don’t use contraction. In formal essays, you should never ever use contractions. What is a contraction you ask? Here are a few examples: Don’t Can’t Won’t Change to: Do not Cannot Will not. 2. Don’t use first or second person.

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Common errors

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  1. Common errors Essays on Macbeth

  2. 1. Don’t use contraction In formal essays, you should never ever use contractions. What is a contraction you ask? Here are a few examples: • Don’t • Can’t • Won’t Change to: • Do not • Cannot • Will not

  3. 2. Don’t use first or second person In formal essays, always use third person. Never use first or second person. What is first or second person you ask? Here are a few examples: • I • We • You • Us Third Person Examples: He, She, They  Good to go!

  4. 3. Integrate Quotations Always integrate your quotations. Refer to the power point, called “Quotation Integration”, that was shared with the class last week! You cannot leave a quotation hanging (balloon with no strings). The quotation needs to be tied down. Think about: • Who said it? When? Where? Etc. • Use proper punctuation! Note: q-i = quote integration

  5. 4. Use Present Tense Always use present tense. Does Macbeth still exist? Yes! If it still exists, then you speak/write about it in present tense. Wrong: • After Macbeth killed Duncan, he went back to his chamber. Right: • After Macbeth kills Duncan, he heads back to his chamber.

  6. 5. Thesis=heart The thesis holds your essay together. Without a strong thesis, your essay will fall a part. The thesis serves as a guide for you, and the reader, of what you’re going to prove and the purpose of your essay is. If you’re trying to prove that in Macbeth, blood is a symbolic representation of guilt, you must always connect your analysis back to this point. Simply summarizing a quote’s relationship to blood is not sufficient if your thesis is about the relationship between blood and guilt.

  7. Continued You have evidence (quotes) to support your point and overall thesis. If your point is not strong and does not connect to your thesis, then your analysis will be weak. So, first, CONNECT YOUR POINT TO YOUR THESIS Then, CONNECT YOUR ANALYSIS TO YOUR POINT!

  8. 6. Verbal Clutch- We all have one A verbal clutch refers to a word or phrase that you say/write quite often and you may not realize it. Examples of verbal clutch: • So, basically... • Due to the fact/the fact that... Once you realize what your verbal clutch is, it’ll be easier for your to vary your word choice. Don’t worry, we all have verbal clutch!

  9. 7. Repetition There are so many ways an idea can be stated, but one way is enough. Do not waste space repeating an idea in different words in a series of sentences. That space can be used for valuable analysis. E.g. • Macbeth is a murderer. Macbeth murders Banquo. Macbeth murders Banquo because... • Plenty more examples in essays.

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