My understanding of the prewriting assignment is that we are to evaluate a sample essay and determine whether the writer followed the instructions to create a good essay. First, we are instructed to read “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez as well as “Overview of ‘The Most Handsome Drowned Man'” by Dean Rader. Next, we are to review a couple of PowerPoints, one on Thesis Statements and the other on “How to Insert Quotations into a Literary Essay”. The purpose of this is to teach us how to build the body of our essays. Next we are instructed to watch a format illustration video and review a MLA Citation guide to teach us proper MLA formatting and citations. After we have followed these steps carefully we are to ready to read directions for a sample essay as well as read the sample essay. Upon reading, we should be able to understand Thesis statements, insertion of quotations, proper MLA formatting and citations and determine if the sample essay has been written properly as well as write our own essays following the same guidelines going forward.
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