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Essential Guidelines for Crafting a Polished Humanities Essay

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This guide outlines critical reminders for writing an effective humanities essay. It emphasizes the importance of proper formatting, including heading placement, catchy title creation, and page numbering. The essay should include citations with proper punctuation and textual evidence, alongside explanations for clarity. It also discusses grammatical rules, advising against contractions and the use of first-person pronouns in formal essays. Lastly, it covers the essential criteria for a Works Cited page, ensuring it follows proper formatting and organization protocols.

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Essential Guidelines for Crafting a Polished Humanities Essay

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  1. Essay Reminders CaseyHumanities

  2. Heading Is your heading: 1. In the top left corner of your essay 2. Single spaced 3. Include: * Name * Class * Teacher * Date

  3. Title 1. Do you have a catchy title? 2. Is it centered on the page?

  4. Page numbers Does your essay have page numbers: * In the top right hand corner of your essay * that include your last name

  5. Citations 1. Is the period AFTER each citation in your essay? Example: The boat was really, really big (Jones 22). 2. Have you cited all of your textual evidence? 3. Have you included explanation after your evidence? 4. When your citation isn’t a name, have you included the “”

  6. G.U.M. 1. Have you omitted all contractions - can’t, won’t, doesn’t, he’s, etc? 2. If you are doing a formal essay, have you taken out all of the “I”s?

  7. Works Cited 1. Does your Works Cited page start on a completely new page? 2. Is it alphabetized? 3. Is it double-spaced?

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