Notes

PORTFOLIO NOTES:

5. COMMAS SHOULD USED WHEN CONTRASTING (THE BOOK IS NOT ONLY ENGAGING, BUT INSPIRES ITS READERS) 6. YOU DON’T ALWAYS NEED THE ENTIRE QUOTE. THINK ABOUT WHAT PART OF THE QUOTE YOU’RE FOCUSING ON, AND JUST USE THAT PART—ESPECIALLY WITH POETRY 7. UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF THE COMMA—COMPLEX SENTENCES WITH DEP. CLAUSES 8. SPEND MORE TIME WITH HOOKS IN INTROS (ABOUT 3-4 SENTENCES) 9. MAKE SURE YOU CONNECT TOPIC SENTENCES TO BOTH MEANING AND TECHNIQUE 10. VARY YOUR TRANSITION USE AND PLACEMENT IN THE SENTENCE (SEE #14) 11. BEING THOROUGH WITH ANALYSIS (NOT JUST RELYING ON A COUPLE GOOD EXAMPLES) 12. PRECISE ANALYSIS IN POETRY (RARELY NEED ENTIRE LINES) 13. USING COLONS TO INTRODUCE (EXP: THIS LEAVES US WITH THE FOLLOWING QUESTION : ) 14. WORK ON MOVING IN AND OUT OF QUOTES TO CREATE FLUENCY (SEE #10)
 * 1) MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS INTRODUCE QUOTES IN A NOVEL BY SETTING THE CONTEXT (EXP: DURING PHILIP’S LATE NIGHT CONVERSATION WITH ALVIN, HE SAYS…)
 * 2) USE A SEMICOLON WHEN COMBINING 2 INDEPENDENT CLAUSES WITH A CONJUCTIVE ADVERB (EXP: THE SPEAKER OF THE POEM LAMENTS HIS LACK OF PRODUCTION; HOWEVER, HE ULTIMATELY ACHIEVES ALL THAT HE LAMENTS.)
 * 3) LOOK AT WHERE YOU’VE WRITTEN “THIS SHOWS” OR “THIS PROVES” AND TAKE IT OUT.
 * 4) MAKE SURE YOU PROVIDE PAGE NUMBERS FOR QUOTES