**3rd HONORS AMLIT MAJOR ASSIGNMENT DUE COMPLETED THURS. 10/8**

 3rd Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

MAJOR ASSIGNMENT/HW DUE THURS. 10/8:

The FINAL, REVISED, MLA-style, TYPED copy of your Fahrenheit 451 Literary Analysis Extended Paragraph Response IS DUE SUBMITTED TO OUR GOOGLE CLASSROOM BY 11am THURS. 10/8!!! 

--changes/revisions TO BE MADE are based upon our individual meetings/rough drafts shared back with you last week 

• I will be printing out your HARD COPIES FOR CLASS THURS. 10/8 after submitted in order to 'TURN THEM IN' w/the attached/filled-out WRITING CHECKLIST (more details below)

• *MAKE SURE ANY ROUGH DRAFT HARD COPIES YOU MAY HAVE ARE IN THE WRITING SECTION of your binder

• BELOW: CHECKLIST FOR WRITING COMPLETION (to COPY ON CHECKLIST TEMPLATE that will be given to you Wednesday 10/7 IN CLASS and to TURN IN COMPLETED BY YOU with your FINAL COPY THURSDAY 10/8)

**items on checklist below with **TWO STARS** are to be included on your WRITING CHECKLIST to turn in with FINAL DRAFT

CONTENT: 
**___DID YOU ANSWER THE PROMPT QUESTION??? (audience/purpose/context)
**___ANALYSIS of Montag's CONFLICT, NOT SUMMARY/EVALUATION
**___Use of/explanation of LITERARY DEVICE(s) in text (tone/symbol/imagery/etc.)
**___Writing about literature = PRESENT TENSE VERBS
**___Response AVOIDS METADISCOURSE (and first-/second-person POV)

**___AVOIDS "THE ABYSS OF INCOHERENCE" in the conclusion/ends with the ORIGINAL QUESTION in mind (Montag's internal struggle)
___ONE 8-12 sentence EXTENDED PARAGRAPH response  
___Includes solid TRANSITIONS for writing coherence (at least 2-3)  

MLA FORMAT:

**___Follows all MLA STYLE BASICS for formatting/general rules outlined in class
**___MLA PROPERLY "blended/CITED quotes" (1-2) to back up your assertions (#).

**___Follows 'THIS + NOUN' rule
**___***Within "quotations," the correct use of commas/quotes 
___'Cliche quotes' vs. "textual evidence" (proper format) 

MISC.:

**___AVOIDS USING PASSIVE VOICE (PV)/uses strong POWER VERBS instead
**___AVOID 'LETTER GRADE ERRORS' and PEDANTIC/'flowery' WORDING
**___Corrected ALL ISSUES pointed out by Mrs. Krieger
**___INCLUDES A CORRECT WORK CITED for the novella at the end of the response
___REVISED (ideas) and EDITED (typos) by self/friend before submitting/ALL ROUGH DRAFT(S) IN WRITING SECTION OF YOUR BINDER

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**ALSO PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO BRING YOUR COPY OF F451 WITH YOU TO CLASS EVERY DAY!