1. Underline or italicize major works of art like plays.
2. Instead of giving me your opinion in the first person, think about phrases like “The evidence will show that…” and “A closer examination of the text proves…” Critical analysis is not just your opinion, but a critical interpretation of the textual evidence in front of you.
3. What is your evidence for this statement? You must support conjecture like this with specific historical, textual, or critical evidence.
4. Quotes comprised of fewer than four lines do not need to be set off in the block-quote format.
5. Quotes exceeding four text lines should be set off in the block-quote format described in your MLA handbook.
6. Hyphenate compound adjectives such as this one.
7. The second person is generally considered out of place in an analytical essay. Use the first person (sparingly) or the third person for more effective arguments.
8. Songs or smaller pieces of a larger work of art are put in quotation marks.
9. Does the text of the play support this claim?
10. Can you give a specific example in the text of this?
11. Please use MLA format for your paper. Your name goes at the top left corner of the paper. Review your MLA handbook.
12. Cite your source for this quote.
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