Last Minute Reminders

1. Whichever introduction strategy you choose, be sure to contextualize your argument.
2. Pay attention to the nitpicky details: hit return before you type your name in your header, italicize the containers in the body of your paper, put the punctuation to the left of the quotation marks ...
3. Review the Bibliography Notes 2017 blog post before printing your Works Cited. Everything you need to know is there.
4. Reread and proofread. Those are two different tasks.
5. Second most importantly, have confidence and play! You are not the writer you were in September. You are smarter, more skilled, and you have more tools in your toolbox. Take advantage of those strengths!
6. Most importantly, write an essay that matters to you. This isn't just a class assignment: you will spend the rest of your lives trying to figure out what to do in complex situations. This essay shouldn't be an ending point, but it should be a useful tool in helping you make decisions along the way.