Senior English Critical Writing Handbook - Selwyn House School

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Appendix 2MARKING SYMBOLS USED BY THE SECONDARY ENGLISH DEPARTMENTAWK Awkward phrasingCAP Incorrect capitalizationFRAG Sentence fragmentREP Repetitive phrasing or grammarSPCSSpelling errorComma splice (2 principal clauses joined by comma)FUSEDROSFused sentences (same as above, but without the comma)Run-on a rambling sentenceCOLLDANGColloquial language (an error only in formal essays)Dangling verbal or modifierMMREDMisplaced modifier (not next to word modified)RedundantWW Wrong wordDIC Faulty dictionNP Begin a new paragraph hereAGRGRIncorrect agreement in number, case or person between noun and pronoun or subjectIncorrect grammar (usually agreement)DEV Paragraph poorly developed-lacking specific examplesUNBroken unity (lack of transitional devices; sentence or paragraph about more thanthing)EXP Idea poorly or unclearly expressedVV, VT, VM Incorrect verb voice, verb tense or verb moodCHOPPY Simple idea expressed through a series of simple sentences that should be combinedC-&-D Cat-and-Dog sentence (compound sentence about 2 subjects)SYNSTYSyntax (wrong or awkward word orderStyle (Failure to remain objective, explicit use of `I' or "you"FORMIncorrect format for quotation, footnote, bibliographic entry; violation of manuscriptrulesLOG Illogical reasoningPUNC, PWKIncorrect punctuationWeak wording, argument, conclusionhackneyed Over-used expressionCONJ Inaccurate conjunctionSUB Subordinate one clause to anotherAnd-So Too many compound sentences joined with expressions like "and so"SEQ Non sequitur (one sentence fails to follow another)PR Pronoun reference errorECHO Unconscious or unpleasant echo in sound or phrasingORG Ideas about one subject presented in more than one place41
Appendix 3Donald MacGregor, 11B<strong>English</strong> 110-516Ms. Kathi BiggsT H E C H A R A C T E R I Z A T I O N O F O P H E L I AI N W I L L I A M S H A K E S P E A R E ' SH A M L E TApril 7, 20032 300 words42
Page 1 and 2: CRITICAL WRITINGANDREADINGATSELWYN
Page 3 and 4: AcknowledgementsThis handbook was o
Page 5 and 6: How does this Venn diagram stimulat
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Page 9 and 10: encapsulates the meaning of the ess
Page 11 and 12: NOTE: Quotations are parts of devel
Page 13 and 14: stack consisting of cards about one
Page 15 and 16: explaining the technique of a liter
Page 17 and 18: THE FORM OF THE CRITICAL ESSAYFORMA
Page 19 and 20: Prose Quotations of Four Lines or M
Page 21 and 22: One scene of it comes near the circ
Page 23 and 24: THE ANALYSIS OF FICTION: A PROCEDUR
Page 25 and 26: In his book The Technique of the Dr
Page 27 and 28: (c) Foreshadowing. A foreshadowing
Page 29 and 30: Our opinion of a fictional characte
Page 31 and 32: SETTINGSetting includes (1) the gen
Page 33 and 34: The most important of these methods
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Page 37 and 38: Appendix 1MLA CITATION STYLEThis gu
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