Essays
MUST be...
- Parallel
- Unified:
Developing Unified Paragraphs
[PDF] - In 3rd Person Voice
- At least 5-paragraphs in length
- Controlled by a Thesis (1-sentence) that is the last sentence of the Introduction paragraph
- Free from QUESTIONS in the body-paragraphs
- Smoothly TRANSITIONED from sentence to sentence and paragraph to paragraph throughout the essay.
- Free from use of CONTRACTIONS
- Written in Standard English without slang, cliché, colloquialism, or jargon
- Clearly labeled by a TITLE that reflects the last sentence of the conclusion paragraph
- Internally structured to follow the SOURCE SANDWICH in the body-paragraphs
- Properly formatted in the student's required documentation style: MLA, APA, or TURABIAN
- Presented with a TITLE PAGE as the first page of ALL papers submitted for Liberty--no matter what the student's documentation style is for the assignment: SEE HERE
- Properly introduced with an ABSTRACT and KEYWORDS if the student's required documentation style is APA format.
- Written to meet the required word count--word count does not include quoted sources, in-text citations, the title page or the Works Cited/References page
- Written with the specific topic (issue) and style (proposal, ethics, or cause/effect argument) dominant throughout the paper: with a continual argument in the body-paragraphs to prove the issue given the required writing style for the assignment.
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