Assure that your essay:

• Has an effective introductory strategy
• Includes a thesis that directly addresses the question
• Has well developed paragraphs with topic sentences, evidence, and analysis
•  Avoid serious grammatical and punctuation errors such as: subject-verb agreement, tense (always write in present tense), pronoun-reference agreement, run-ons, fragments, and comma-splices.
•  Always refer to the author(s) by last name.
• Includes textual evidence that is smoothly incorporated into the text
• Includes correct application of MLA format for in-text citations and the Works Cited page
• Do not use outside sources for this essay. Use only the story/ies in the textbook